Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                                     Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



     Scientific Name                 Common Name                                   Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                            provide roosting habitat that is adjacent to higher fertility sites, particularly box
                                                            gum woodlands or river/rainforest corridors which are used for foraging. Almost
                                                            all records have been found within several kilometres of cliff lines or rocky
                                                            terrain. Roosting has also been observed in disused mine shafts, caves,
                                                            overhangs and disused Fairy Martin (Hirundo ariel) nests. It also possibly roosts
                                                            in the hollows of trees. The structure of primary nursery roosts appears to be
                                                            very specific, i.e. arch caves with dome roofs (that need to be deep enough to
                                                            allow juvenile bats to learn to fly safely inside) and with indentations in the roof
                                                            (presumably to allow the capture of heat). These physical characteristics are not
                                                            very common in the landscape and therefore a limiting factor (Dept.
                                                            Environment 2012).
                                                            Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Suitable habitat for this species
Charadrius leschenaultii       Greater sand plover          includes tidal reefs and pools, weed-covered rocks, pebbly, shelly and sandy
                                                            shores with stranded seaweed, and mudflats (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                            Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Suitable habitat for this species
Charadrius mongolus            Lesser sand plover           includes tidal reefs and pools, weed-covered rocks, pebbly, shelly and sandy
                                                            shores with stranded seaweed, and mudflats (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                            Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species inhabits acidic
                                                            wetlands (pH 4.3-5.2) within Melaleuca swamps, sedgeland, wet or dry
                                                            heathland and wallum/woodland areas in the sandy coastal lowlands (<100m
Crinia tinnula                 Wallum froglet               ASL) of south-east Queensland. Occasionally animals occur in adjacent forests
                                                            with a heathy understorey, and are known to persist in disturbed wallum habitat
                                                            such as 4WD-impacted sites, roadsides, quarry site, and exotic pine plantations
                                                            and partly cleared areas (DEHP 2013).
                                                            Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species is found in monsoon
Cuculus optatus                Oriental cuckoo              forests, the edges of rainforests, treed paddocks, mangroves, roadsides and river
                                                            flats (Pizzey & Knight 1997).
Cyclopsitta      diophthalma                                 Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. While this species predominantly
                               Coxen's fig-parrot
coxeni


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