Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                                     Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



     Scientific Name                Common Name                                     Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                             requirements, this species distribution is highly fragmented and restricted to
                                                             only a few locations. The Collared Delma is known from the western suburbs of
                                                             Brisbane, QLD and the following sites: Bunya Mountains, Blackdown Tableland
                                                             National Park (NP), Bullyard Conservation Park, D'Aguilar Range NP, Expedition
                                                             NP, Naumgna and Lockyer Forest Reserves, Western Creek near Millmerran and
                                                             the Toowoomba Range (Dept. Environment 2012). This species inhabits eucalypt
                                                             dominated woodland and open forest where it is associated with suitable micro-
                                                             habitats (exposed rocky outcrops). The ground cover is predominantly native
                                                             grasses, such as Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra), Barbed-wire Grass
                                                             (Cymbopogon refractus), Wiregrass (Aristida sp.) and Lomandra (Lomandra sp.)
                                                             (Dept. Environment 2012). The presence of rocks, logs, bark and other coarse
                                                             woody debris, and mats of leaf litter (typically 30–100mm thick) appears to be
                                                             an essential characteristic of the collared delma microhabitat and is always
                                                             present where the species occurs (Dept. Environment 2012). Whilst Collared
                                                             delmas are often found associated with small rocks, the presence of small rocks
                                                             is not an essential habitat characteristic (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                          Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species occupies open
                                                          forests and woodlands along rivers and wetlands and rainforest fringes. In NSW
Erythrotriorchis radiatus      Red goshawk
                                                          favoured habitat includes Melaleuca forest along coastal rivers (Debus 1991,
                                                          1993).
                                                          Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Beach Stone-curlews are found
                                                          exclusively along the coast, on a wide range of beaches, islands, reefs and in
                                                          estuaries, and may often be seen at the edges of or near mangroves. They
                                                          forage in the intertidal zone of beaches and estuaries, on islands, flats, banks
Esacus magnirostris            Beach stone-curlew
                                                          and spits of sand, mud, gravel or rock, and among mangroves. Beach Stone-
                                                          curlews breed above the littoral zone, at the backs of beaches, or on sandbanks
                                                          and islands, among low vegetation of grass, scattered shrubs or low trees; also
                                                          among open mangroves (Dept. Environment 2012).
Fregetta grallaria grallaria   White bellied storm-petrel Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species is pelagic and breeds


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