Attachment 7C - Flora and Fauna Survey Assessment_Noosa Landfill - Revision 3

                                                                                                                                    Native Foresters



 Scientific Name Common                NCA        EPBC        Likelihood       Habitat Preferences                        Presence of breeding places or
                 Name                 status      status          of                                                      breeding habitat
                                                              occurrence
 Birds
                                                                               Generally prefers closed forest and
 Accipiter             Grey                                                    requires tall, mature trees for nesting,   Potential habitat present, no
                                        NT            -       Possible
 novaehollandiae       Goshawk                                                 however may utilise other habitats         individuals detected.
                                                                               seasonally.
                                                                               Widespread in northern Australia.
 Anseranas
                       Magpie                                                  Occasional visitor to southern
 semipalmata                            SL       Migratory Possible                                                       Absent
                       Goose                                                   Queensland. Usually found near
                                                                               waterways, wetlands, dams and lakes.
                                                                               Almost exclusively aerial, flying
                       Fork-tailed
 Apus pacificus                         SL       Migratory Possible            over inland plains but sometimes           Absent
                       Swift
                                                                               above foothills or in coastal areas.

                                                                               Found in grasslands, woodlands and
                       Cattle
 Ardea ibis                             SL       Migratory Possible            wetlands, but may also use pastures        Absent
                       Egret
                                                                               and croplands. Will forage at landfills.

                                                                               Prefers shallow water, usually flowing,
                       Great
 Ardea alba                             SL       Migratory Possible            but may be seen on any watered area,       Potential habitat present.
                       Egret
                                                                               including damp grasslands.
                                                                               Inhabits tropical and warm-temperate
 Erythrotriorchis                                                                                                         Potential habitat present, no
                       Red                                    Possible         woodlands and forests, prefers
 radiatus                                E           V                                                                    individuals detected.
                       Goshawk                                                 ecotones, often near wetlands or
                                                                               woodlands with Eucalypts/Melaleucas.
 Hirundapus            White-                                                                                             Potential habitat present, no
                                                              Possible         Largely aerial bird that sometimes
 caudacutus            throated           -          V                                                                    individuals detected.
                                                                               roosts in trees.
                       Needletail
                                                                               Occurs mainly in open forests and
                                                                               woodlands, shrublands, also in
                                                                               cleared or semi-cleared habitats and
                       Rainbow                                                 farmlands. Nests located in long
 Merops ornatus                         SL       Migratory Likely                                                         Absent
                       Bee-eater                                               burrow or tunnel excavated in flat or
                                                                               sloping ground, in creek banks,
                                                                               roadside cuttings, quarry walls, gravel
                                                                               mounds or in cliff-faces.


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