Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                             Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



      Scientific Name         Common Name                                  Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                        (Australasian)              in the Antarctic and Subantarctic regions (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                    Possible. This species occurs flying over most types of habitat, they are probably
                                                    recorded most often above wooded areas, including open forest and rainforest,
                                                    and may also fly between trees or in clearings, below the canopy, but they are
Hirundapus caudacutus   White-throated needletail
                                                    less commonly recorded flying above woodland. It is recorded in all coastal
                                                    regions of Queensland and NSW and almost always forage aerially (Dept.
                                                    Environment 2012).
                                                    Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. The Swift parrot migrates from
                                                    its Tasmanian breeding grounds to overwinter in the box-ironbark forests and
Lathamus discolor       Swift parrot                woodlands of Victoria, NSW and southern Queensland. In south-eastern
                                                    Queensland, Narrow-leaved ironbark and Forest red gum forests are commonly
                                                    utilized (Kennedy and Tzaros 2005, Swift Parrot Recovery Team 2001).
                                                    Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Suitable habitat for this species
                                                    includes temporary coastal swamps with acidic waters (wallum) (Queensland
Litoria freycineti      Wallum rocketfrog           Museum 1995). These areas typically have low nutrient soils, heathlands,
                                                    sedgelands, Melaleuca swamps and Banksia woodlands. Breeding occurs in
                                                    shallow water.
                                                    Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species inhabits and breeds
                                                    in acidic, permanent to ephemeral, freshwater wetlands with emergent reeds,
                                                    ferns and/or sedges in undisturbed coastal wallum. This species may also be
                                                    found around creeks and freshwater lakes in coastal wallum. This species is
                                                    typically found below 20m ASL, and always above tidal influence. Water is
Litoria olongburensis   Wallum sedge frog           typically nutrient poor, acidic (pH between 3.5 and 6.0), clear, still and tannin
                                                    stained. In general, vegetation types where the species may occur include wet
                                                    and dry heathlands, sedgelands, woodlands and forests. Under wet conditions
                                                    (i.e. resulting from significant rainfall events), this species is also known to
                                                    utilize heathlands, grasslands, woodlands and forests adjoining breeding habitats
                                                    in wallum environments and on near-coastal alluvial (clay) plains (Dept.




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