Ecological Assessment Report

J000206-002-R-Rev1                                                                                                                                                                                      June 2016




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




                                                                                            Rainforest, varying from low riverine monsoon forest to
                                                                                            lowland and high-altitude tall rainforests. Lowland
                                                                                            rainforests of southeast Queensland. These rainforest
         Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni      Coxen's Fig-Parrot          E         E,M                                                                             Unlikley             Not Recorded
                                                                                            block are isolated, surrounded by eucalypt forest or
                                                                                            woodland into which fig-parrots venture for only very short
                                                                                            distances.



                                                                                          The Tristan albatross is a marine, pelagic seabird. It
                                                                                          forages in open water in the Atlantic Ocean near the Cape
         Diomedea exulans exulans             Tristan Albatross          SL      E, M, MA                                                                          Unlikley             Not recorded
                                                                                          of Good Hope, South Africa. It sleeps and rests on ocean
                                                                                          waters when not breeding
                                                                                          Gibson's Albatross is marine, pelagic and aerial. In the
                                                                                          Antarctic, it occurs in open water, and rarely enters the belt
         Diomedea exulans gibsoni            Gibson's Albatross          V       V, M, MA                                                                          Unlikley             Not recorded
                                                                                          of icebergs region. In late summer, it may approach the
                                                                                          edge of the pack-ice
                                                                                          he Wandering Albatross is marine, pelagic and aerial. It
         Diomedea exulans (sensu lato)      Wandering Albatross          V       V, M, MA occurs where water surface temperatures range from -2° to                Unlikley             Not recorded
                                                                                          24°C
                                                                                          Tree-lined watercourses, surrounding open country, lightly
         Erythrotriorchis radiatus              Red Goshawk              E           V    wooded foothills. Nests in trees taller than 20m within 5 km     Potentially, may over fly.       5 km
                                                                                          of permanent watercourse wetland.
                                                                                          Beaches, shallow reefs and tidal flats; more common in
         Esacus magnirostris                 Beach Stone-surlew          V          MA                                                                             Unlikley                 5km
                                                                                          undisturbed areas.
                                                                                          The Lesser Frigatebird breeds on small, remote tropical
                                                                                          and sub-tropical islands, in mangroves or bushes, and
         Fregata ariel                        Lesser frigatebird         SL       M, MA even on bare ground. It feeds mainly on fish (especially                   Unlikley                 5 km
                                                                                          flying-fish) and squid, but also on seabird eggs and chicks,
                                                                                          carrion and fish scraps
                                                                                            The White-bellied Storm-Petrel occurs across sub-tropical
                                                                                            and tropical waters in the Tasman Sea, Coral Sea and,
                                                                                            possibly, the central Pacific Ocean (Harrison 1983; Hutton
                                                                                            1991; Marchant & Higgins 1990). In the non-breeding
         Fregetta grallaria grallaria     White-bellied Storm-Petrel     SL          V                                                                             Unlikley             Not recorded
                                                                                            season, it reaches and forages over near-shore waters
                                                                                            along the continental shelf of mainland Australia (Holmes
                                                                                            1977; Priddel 1996). It breeds, in Australian territory, on
                                                                                            offshore islets and rocks in the Lord Howe Island group




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