Fauna Management Plan v2 - Essence Peregian Beach

Fauna Management Plan v2                                                                              NCES REF: J000488
215 David Low Way, Peregian Beach




Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation significant fauna species

 Previously Recorded                Preferred Habitat                          Habitat Value within the Site
 Fauna Species

 Nannoperca oxleyana                Occurs in coastal Banksia-                 Nil – there is no suitable habitat on
 (Oxleyan pygmy perch)              dominated heath or wallum                  site.
                                    habitats. Usually inhabit waters with
                                    a high proportion of aquatic plant
                                    cover, i.e. between 60-80%
                                    (Department of the Environment,
                                    2019a).

 Pseudomugil mellis (honey          Inhabits slightly acidic (pH 4.4–6.8),     Nil – there is no suitable habitat on
 blue eye)                          clear and tannin-stained lakes,            site.
                                    streams and wetlands with sandy or
                                    muddy bottoms in coastal heath
                                    (wallum) ecosystem. The species
                                    usually occurs where there is little
                                    or no flow, and the fish can find
                                    shelter in dense, aquatic vegetation
                                    (Department of the Environment,
                                    2019b).

 Litoria olongburensis              Found in ephemeral, semi-                  Nil – the drainage line in VU2 is not
 (wallum sedgefrog)                 permanent and permanent                    considered suitable habitat for L.
                                    wetlands with emergent reeds,              olongburensis due it’s highly
                                    ferns and/or sedges, in undisturbed        disturbed nature.
                                    coastal wallum of South-East
                                    Queensland to northern NSW.
                                    Often not sympatric with Litoria
                                    fallax and generally found in fish
                                    free environments. Rarely occurs if
                                    gambusia is present.
                                    The call is a soft ‘buzzing’.(Curtis &
                                    Dennis, 2012)

 Crinia tinnula (wallum             Restricted to coastal wallum and           Foraging – the drainage line in VU2
 froglet)                           associated with wet heath,                 is considered occasional suitable
                                    Melaleuca swamps, wallum lakes             foraging habitat for C. tinnula when
                                    and sedge swamps. Also known to            there is standing water present for a
                                    occur in disturbed habitat including       short period of time. It is not
                                    recently burnt heath and 4WD-              considered core habitat. None were
                                    affected sites (Curtis & Dennis,           heard calling during the site walkover.
                                    2012)
                                                                               The habitat to the west in the Council
                                    The call is a short high-pitched ring      Reserve and National Park is
                                    "tching...tching" like the tinkling of a   considered higher habitat value than
                                    bell.                                      VU2.

 Pezoporus wallicus wallicus        The Ground Parrot (eastern) is             Nil – there is no suitable habitat on
 (ground parrot)                    terrestrial. It occurs mostly in           site.
                                    coastal heathland or sedgeland
                                                                               Suitable habitat is present in the
                                    with very dense cover and a high
                                                                               adjacent National Park.
                                    density of the parrot's food plants.
                                    In south-east Queensland, it occurs
                                    mostly in closed, subtropical
                                    graminoid heathlands (consisting of
                                    grass-trees, with a high diversity of
                                    sedges, rushes and low shrubs),




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