Ecological Assessment Report

J000202-002-R-Rev1                                                                                     June 2016


Table 4 - Summary of Significant Species Potentially Utilising the Site


                                              EPBC                                                     Potential to
    Scientific       Common       NC Act       Act                        Habitat***                   occur in the
     Name             Name        Status*    Status**                                                  project area


Birds

                                                        Eucalypt woodlands and forests in which
                     Glossy
Calyptorhynchus                                         there is a sub-canopy or understorey of
                     Black-          V           -                                                      Probable
lathami lathami                                         casuarinas Allocasuarina/Casuarina.
                    Cockatoo
                                                        Preferred species is Allocasuarina Litoralis

                                                        Tree-lined watercourses, surrounding open
Erythrotriorchis      Red                               country, lightly wooded foothills. Nests in
                                     E          V                                                        Potential
radiatus            Goshawk                             trees taller than 20 m within 5 km of
                                                        permanent watercourse wetland.


                    Rainbow                             Open country, sand ridges, river banks, road
Merops ornatus                      LC          M                                                       Probable
                    Bee-eater                           cuttings


Monarcha           Black-faced                          Common in rainforest and wet forests along
                                    LC          M                                                       Probable
melanopsis          Monarch                             the east coast of Australia.


Monarcha           Spectacled                           Rainforests, mangroves, moist gullies of
                                    LC          M                                                        Potential
trivirgatus         Monarch                             dense wet sclerophyll forests.

                                                        The Black-throated Finch (southern) occurs
                                                        mainly in grassy, open woodlands and
                      Black-                            forests, typically dominated
Poephila cincta      throated                           by Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Melaleuca,
                                     E          E                                                        Potential
cincta                 Finch                            and occasionally in tussock grasslands or
                    (southern)                          other habitats (for example freshwater
                                                        wetlands), often along or near watercourses,
                                                        or in the vicinity of water
                                                        Rainforest, dense wet eucalypt and
Rhipidura            Rufous                             monsoon forest, paperbark and mangrove
                                    LC          M                                                        Potential
rufifrons            Fantail                            swamps, riverside vegetation, open country
                                                        on migration.
Mammals
                                                        Koala habitat can be broadly defined as any
                                                        environment containing koala food trees
Phascolarctos                                           species or shelter trees, which may be used
                      Koala          V          V                                                        Potential
cinereus                                                by Koalas for roosting, sheltering or
                                                        breeding, and which is sufficiently
                                                        connected.

                     Grey-                              A variety of habitats, including rainforest,
Pteropus
                    headed          LC          V       mangrove, Paperbark swamps, wet and dry          Potential
poliocephalus
                   Flying Fox                           sclerophyll forests, and cultivated areas.

                                                        Short-beaked echidnas thrive in a variety of
                      Short-
Tachyglossus                                            habitats including open woodlands, savanna,
                     beaked         SL           -                                                      Probable
aculeatus                                               agricultural areas, semi-arid, and arid
                     echidna
                                                        regions.




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