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**

                                                                                   Occurs mostly in coastal heathland or sedgeland with very
                                                                                   dense cover and a high density of the parrot's food plantsIn
                                                                                   south-east Queensland, it occurs mostly in closed,
                                                                                   subtropical graminoid heathlands (consisting of grass-
                                                                                   trees, with a high diversity of sedges, rushes and low
         Pezoporus wallicus wallicus       Ground Parrot          V           -    shrubs), either moist or dry. Within heathlands, dry habitats            Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                   are used from mid autumn to late spring, and wet habitats
                                                                                   at other times. It is sometimes found in open Banksia
                                                                                   woodlands with a heath understorey, in closed fernland
                                                                                   around shallow creeks on plains, or in sedges at swamp
                                                                                   margins.
                                                                                   The Sooty Albatross is marine and pelagic. In summer, the
                                                                                   species occurs mainly south of 35° S in subtropical and
         Phoebetria fusca                 Sooty Albertross        V       V, M, MA                                                                          Unlikley
                                                                                   subantarctic waters, but it is most abundant near the
                                                                                   Subtropical Convergenc
                                                                                   The Light-mantled Sooty Albatross is a pelagic marine
                                                                                   species that occurs over continental shelf/slope and
                                        Light-mantled Sooty                        deeper waters in the sub-tropical, sub-Antarctic and
         Phoebetria palpebrata                                    SL       M. MA                                                                            Unlikley                 5k
                                             Albertross                            Antarctic zones. The species breeds on sub-Antarctic
                                                                                   islands and rocky islets where pairs nest on cliffs and steep
                                                                                   slopes
                                                                                     In non-breeding grounds in Australia this species usually
                                                                                     inhabits coastal habitats, though it occasionally occurs
                                                                                     around inland wetlands. Pacific Golden Plovers usually
         Pluvialis fulva                Pacific golden plover     SL       M, MA                                                                            Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                     occur on beaches, mudflats and sandflats (sometimes in
                                                                                     vegetation such as mangroves, low saltmarsh such as
                                                                                     Sarcocornia, or beds of seagrass
                                                                                     In non-breeding grounds in Australia, Grey Plovers occur
                                                                                     almost entirely in coastal areas, where they usually inhabit
                                                                                     sheltered embayments, estuaries and lagoons with
         Pluvialis squatarola               Grey Plover           SL       M, MA                                                                            Unlikley
                                                                                     mudflats and sandflats, and occasionally on rocky coasts
                                                                                     with wave-cut platforms or reef-flats, or on reefs within
                                                                                     muddy lagoons.
                                                                                     The Black-throated Finch (southern) occurs mainly in
                                                                                     grassy, open woodlands and forests, typically dominated
                                        Black-throated Finch                         by Eucalyptus , Corymbia and Melaleuca , and
         Poephila cincta cincta                                   E          E                                                                             Potentially              5 km
                                             (southern)                              occasionally in tussock grasslands or other habitats (for
                                                                                     example freshwater wetlands), often along or near
                                                                                     watercourses, or in the vicinity of water




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