Reference Document - Flora and Fauna Assessment - 132005.638.04

                                                                                                                                                                          Native Foresters



                    4.5        Likelihood of occurrence of listed threatened species

                    Table 6 provides an analysis of the potential presence of threatened species as listed in WildNet, RVMM, MSES and/or the
                    EPBC Protected Matters Search Tool or based on the field assessment and local knowledge of which species may occur within
                    the area. The criteria used to assign a likelihood rating to each species are defined in section 3.5.

                    This assessment is important in determining fauna species that may be in the area but whose presence was not detected.

                    TABLE 6: Breeding habitat assessment and likelihood of occurrence for listed or likely to occur species

                                                                                                                                                            LIKELIHOOD         PRESENCE OF
                      SCIENTIFIC NAME         COMMON                        EPBC
                                                                NC ACT                ECOLOGY & BREEDING HABITAT                                                OF              BREEDING
                                              NAME                           ACT
                                                                                                                                                            OCCURENCE            PLACES
                      THREATENED FAUNA
                      BIRDS
                                                                                      Species prefers woodlands dominated by she-oak or open
                      Calyptorhynchus         Glossy black                            sclerophyll forests with a stratum of she-oak. It feeds exclusively
                                                                   V          V                                                                                Possible           Absent
                      lathami subsp lathami   cockatoo                                upon she-oak seeds and nests in large hollows in large old trees,
                                                                                      usually Eucalypts.
                                                                                      Non-breeding migrant present in Australia from October to              Unlikely during
                      Hirundapus              White-throated                          March. The species is almost exclusively aerial and is often seen      winter survey,
                                                                   V          V                                                                                                   Absent
                      caudacutus              needletail                              foraging above a variety of habitats, often seen in numbers in        possible during
                                                                                      warm, humid air ahead of storm fronts.                                summer survey.
                      AMPHIBIANS
                                                                                      Habitat specialist requires ephemeral, acidic, wallum wetland but
                                                                                      tolerant of disturbance. Also Inhabits paperbark (Melaleuca)
                      Crinia tinnula          Wallum froglet       V           -                                                                               Possible          Possible
                                                                                      swamps and sedgeland. Breeds all seasons after rain, calling
                                                                                      night and day (DAWE, 2023, and references therein).
                                                                                      Habitat specialist requires ephemeral, acidic, wallum wetland
                                              Wallum                                  with emergent aquatic vegetation, but somewhat tolerant of
                      Litoria freycineti                           V           -                                                                               Possible          Possible
                                              rocketfrog                              disturbance. Breed spring and summer after rain (DAWE, 2023,
                                                                                      and references therein).




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