Fauna Management Plan v1 - Lake MacDonald Drive, Cooroy

Fauna Management Plan v1                                                                NCES REF: J000662
Lot 101 on SP142407, Lot 140 on MCH978, Lot 3 on RP137375,
Lot 2 on RP852009 and Lot 8 on RP160703 – 27 Wilgee Court, Cooroy


ecological assessments. Nonetheless, inferences about the composition of the local fauna
assemblage can be drawn from local knowledge, site conditions and database search results. Based
on the Wildlife Online database results and general site observations, bird assemblages represent
the greatest observable species richness within the site.
The site does not support estuarine areas that would provide high value habitat for most wetland
migratory bird species.

3.2       Previously Recorded Fauna Species
The Queensland Government’s Wildlife Online database was queried on 27 August 2020 and holds
records for 197 fauna species within a 2km radius of the site. In addition to several ‘special least
concern’ and migratory species, the following conservation significant species (i.e. those listed as
‘critically endangered’, ‘endangered’, ‘vulnerable’, or ‘near threatened’ under the Nature
Conservation Act 1992 (NC Act) or ‘threatened’ under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)) were recorded within a 2km radius of the site:
      ·    Adelotus brevis (tusked frog) – listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the NC Act;
      ·    Erythrotriorchis radiatus (red goshawk) – listed as ‘endangered’ under the NC Act and
           ‘Vulnerable’ under the EPBC Act;
      ·    Hirundapus caudacutus (white-throated needletail) – listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the NC Act
           and the EPBC Act;
      ·    Litoria pearsoniana (cascade treefrog) – listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the NC Act; and
      ·    Mixophyes iteratus (giant barred frog) – listed as ‘endangered’ under the NC Act and
           ‘endangered’ under the EPBC Act.




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