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 Kermadec Petrel (western) is a pelagic seabird that
                                                                                         occurs in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters of the
                                                                                         Pacific Ocean. It has been recorded in waters of 15–25 °C
         Pterodroma neglecta neglecta   Kermadec Petrel (western)     LC         V       in the subtropics and in colder waters in temperate regions,             Unlikley            Not recorded
                                                                                         with one bird sighted in the northern Pacific Ocean in
                                                                                         waters of about 6 °C. It breeds on islands, atolls and islets
                                                                                         in the southern Pacific Ocean
                                                                                         Rainforest, dense wet eucalypt and monsoon forest,
         Rhipidura rufifrons                 Rufous Fantail           LC         M       paperbark and mangrove swamps, riverside vegetation,                    Potentially              5 km
                                                                                         open country on migration.
                                                                                         The Australian Painted Snipe generally inhabits shallow
                                                                                         terrestrial freshwater (occasionally brackish) wetlands,
                                                                                         including temporary and permanent lakes, swamps and
                                                                                         claypans. They also use inundated or waterlogged
         Rostratula australis           Australian Painted Snipe      V        E, MA     grassland or saltmarsh, dams, rice crops, sewage farms                   Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                         and bore drains. Typical sites include those with rank
                                                                                         emergent tussocks of grass, sedges, rushes or reeds, or
                                                                                         samphire; often with scattered clumps of lignum
                                                                                         Muehlenbeckia or canegrass or sometimes tea-tree
                                                                                         Common Terns are marine, pelagic and coastal. In
                                                                                         Australia, they are recorded in all marine zones, but are
                                                                                         commonly observed in near-coastal waters, both on ocean
         Sterna hirundo                       Common tern             SL       M, MA                                                                              Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                         beaches, platforms and headlands and in sheltered waters,
                                                                                         such as bays, harbours and estuaries with muddy, sandy
                                                                                         or rocky shores.
                                                                                         Coastal, more often sheltered rather than exposed ocean
         Sternula albifrons                     Little Tern           SL       M, MA     environs, including estuaries, bays, islets, coastal swamps              Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                         and lakes
                                                                                       The Shy Albatross is a marine species occurring in
                                                                                       subantarctic and subtropical waters, reaching the tropics in
                                                                                       the cool Humboldt Current off South America. Birds have
         Thalassarche cauta cauta             Shy Albatros            LC      V, M, MA been noted in shelf-waters around breeding islands and                     Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                       over adjacent rises. During the non-breeding season, the
                                                                                       Shy Albatross occurs over continental shelves around
                                                                                       continents. The species occurs both inshore and offshore

                                                                                         The Grey-tailed Tattler is often found on sheltered coasts
                                                                                         with reefs and rock platforms or with intertidal mudflats. It
         Tringa brevipes                    Grey-tailed Tattler       SL       M, MA                                                                              Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                         can also be found at intertidal rocky, coral or stony reefs as
                                                                                         well as platforms and islets that are exposed at low tide




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