Approved Fauna Management Plan OPW20-0051 - 2 of 3

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


3.2.1    Habitat for Previously Recorded Conservation Significant Fauna
Table 1 identifies the habitat values for the conservation significant fauna species which have been
previously recorded within a 2km radius of the site on the Wildlife Online database.
Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation significant fauna species

 Previously Recorded                Preferred Habitat                        Habitat Value within the Site
 Fauna Species

 Adelotus brevis                    Lives in rainforests, open forests       Foraging and breeding – dams and
                                    and woodlands in association with        drainage lines may provide breeding
 tusked frog
                                    water. Also found in suburban            habitat.      No individuals were
                                    gardens.                                 incidentally heard calling during the
                                                                             site assessment.

 Erythrotriorchis radiatus          Occurs in coastal and sub-coastal        Species is considered functionally
                                    areas in wooded and forested lands       extinct on the Sunshine Coast.
 red goshawk
                                    of tropical and warm-temperate
                                    Australia

 Hirundapus caudacutus              A migratory aerial bird which winters    Suitable habitat exists however would
                                    in Australia. It forages on flying       not be considered important for the
 (white-throated needletail)
                                    insects in forests shrublands and        species which is only an occasional
                                    grasslands on the east and north         migratory visitor to the region.
                                    coast of Australia and roosts in trees
                                    (DES, 2020).

 Litoria pearsoniana                Inhabits streams in rainforest and       Nil – No streams in rainforest
                                    adjacent wet sclerophyll forest at       vegetation communities present
 cascade treefrog
                                    elevations of 200-1000m in south-        within the site.
                                    east Queensland

 Mixophyes iteratus                 In rainforests and wet sclerophyll       Nil – No streams in rainforest
                                    forests in upper to lower catchment      vegetation communities present
 giant barred frog
                                    areas                                    within the site.




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