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**


                                                                                         The Southern Giant-Petrel is marine bird that occurs in
                                                                               E, M,     Antarctic to subtropical waters. In summer, it mainly occurs
         Macronectes giganteus             Southern giant-petrel      E                                                                                          Unlikley                5 km
                                                                               MA.       over Antarctic waters, and it is widespread south as far as
                                                                                         the pack-ice and onto the Antarctic continent

                                                                                         The Northern Giant-Petrel is marine and oceanic. It mainly
                                                                                         occurs in sub-Antarctic waters, but regularly occurs in
         Macronectes halli                 Northern giant-petrel      V       V, M, MA                                                                           Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                         Antarctic waters of the southwestern Indian Ocean, the
                                                                                         Drake Passage and west of the Antarctic Peninsula
         Merops ornatus                     Rainbow Bee-eater         LC         M       Open country, sand ridges, river banks, road cuttings                   Probable                5 km

                                                                                         Common in rainforest and wet forests along the east coast
         Monarcha melanopsis               Black-faced Monarch        LC         M                                                                               Probable                5 km
                                                                                         of Australia.


                                                                                         Rainforests, mangroves, moist gullies of dense wet
         Monarcha trivirgatus              Spectacled Monarch         LC         M                                                                              Potentially              5 km
                                                                                         sclerophyll forests.

                                                                                      The eastern curlew is found on sheltered coasts, mangrove
                                                                               CE, M,
         Numenius madagascariensis            Eastern Curlew          V               swamps, bays, harbours and lagoons that contain mudflats                   Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                MA
                                                                                      and sandflats, often with beds of seagrass.
                                                                                         The Little Curlew is most often found feeding in short, dry
                                                                                         grassland and sedgeland, including dry floodplains and
                                                                                         blacksoil plains, which have scattered, shallow freshwater
                                                                                         pools or areas seasonally inundated. Open woodlands with
         Numenius minutus                      Little Curlew          SL       M, MA     a grassy or burnt understorey, dry saltmarshes, coastal                 Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                         swamps, mudflats or sandflats of estuaries or beaches on
                                                                                         sheltered coasts, mown lawns, gardens, recreational
                                                                                         areas, ovals, racecourses and verges of roads and
                                                                                         airstrips are also used
                                                                                         The Whimbrel is often found on the intertidal mudflats of
                                                                                         sheltered coasts. It is also found in harbours, lagoons,
         Numenius phaeopus                       Whimbrel             SL       M, MA                                                                             Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                         estuaries and river deltas, often those with mangroves, but
                                                                                         also open, unvegetated mudflat
                                                                                         The southern subspecies of the Fairy Prion is a marine
         Pachyptila turtur subantarctica   Fairy Prion (southern)     SL         V                                                                               Unlikley            Not Recorded
                                                                                         bird, found mostly in temperate and subantarctic seas.

                                                                                         Llittoral and coastal habitats and terrestrial wetlands of
                                                                                         tropical and temperate Australia and offshore islands. They
         Pandion cristatus                    Eastern Osprey          SL       M, MA                                                                             Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                         are mostly found in coastal areas but occasionally travel
                                                                                         inland along major rivers, particularly in northern Australia




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