Attachment 6b - Ecological Assessment Part 2 · MCU18/0015

                                                  Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



      Scientific Name             Common Name                                      Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                          Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. While this species predominantly
                                                          occupies a range of rainforest habitats, it specifically occurs in association with
                                                          a high diversity of fig species. This species inhabits a spectrum of rainforest types
                                                          (Araucarian rainforest, warm subtropical rainforest, cool subtropical rainforest
                                                          and cool temperate rainforest) from sea level to approximately 1000m altitude.
 Cyclopsitta   diophthalma                                This species also use thin strips of gallery rainforest, littoral rainforest and
                             Coxen's fig-parrot
 coxeni
                                                          coastal bloodwood, melaleuca and cabbage palm forest where fig densities are
                                                          high. This species has also been reported from riparian corridors through
                                                          woodland, open woodland and cleared land where fig or other food trees occur,
                                                          as well as from isolated fruiting trees in gardens and cultivated farmlands. (DEHP
                                                          2013).
                                                          Unlikely. This species is found within most treed habitats and is most abundant
                                                          in broken, rocky country and in open eucalypt forest within 150 km of the coast.
                                                          Northern quoll habitat generally encompasses some form of rocky area for
 Dasyurus hallucatus         Northern quoll
                                                          denning purposes. In Queensland Northern quolls are more likely to be present
                                                          in high relief areas that have shallower soils, greater cover of boulders, less fire
                                                          impact and were closer to permanent water (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                          Unlikely. This species occurs in coastal areas and adjacent ranges of South-east
                                                          Queensland from Bundaberg to the border and inland to Monto and Stanthorpe
                                                          (Dept. Environment 2012). It generally occurs in densely vegetated areas ranging
                                                          from rainforest and vine-forest through to dry and wet eucalypt forest, woodland
 Dasyurus      maculatus                                  and coastal heathland (DEHP 2013). Transient males are sometimes seen in more
 maculatus (SE mainland Spot-tailed quoll                 open areas, including land cleared for pasture (DEHP 2013). The Spot-tailed Quoll
 population)                                              is predominantly nocturnal and rests during the day in dens. Habitat
                                                          requirements include suitable den sites such as hollow logs, tree hollows, rock
                                                          outcrops or caves (Dept. Environment 2012). Individuals also require an
                                                          abundance of food, such as birds and small mammals, and large areas of
                                                          relatively intact vegetation through which to forage (Dept. Environment 2012).




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