Ecological Assessment · RAL26/0015

       Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) – scheduled as Endangered under both
        NCA92 and EPBCA99. Prefers coastal estuaries/saltmarshes/mudflats, wetland/
        claypan/lake margins both marine and freshwater.
       Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) – scheduled as Critically-endangered under
        both NCA92 and EPBCA99. Prefers tidal mudflats, saltmarsh/saltfields and fresh/
        brackish/saline wetlands in coastal areas.
       Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) – scheduled as Critically-endangered
        under both NCA92 and EPBCA99. Prefers coastal areas including tidal estuaries/
        mudflats, sandspits, saltmarsh and mangroves. Less commonly brackish and watered
        grasslands.
       Glossy Black-cockatoo (eastern Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami) – scheduled as
        Vulnerable under both NCA92 and EPBCA99. Prefers sclerophyllous/woodland
        vegetation and timbered waterways where hollow-bearing trees and Sheoaks
        (particularly Allocasuarina spp.) are abundant.
       Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) – scheduled as Vulnerable under both NCA92 and
        EPBCA99. Prefers tidal mudflats, beaches, bays, estuaries and shallow saline/
        freshwater wetlands.
       Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) – scheduled as Vulnerable under both
        NCA92 and EPBCA99. Prefers beaches, sandspits/cays/dunes, tidal mudflats,
        mangroves, saltmarsh and reefs.
       Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) – scheduled as Vulnerable under both NCA92 and
        EPBCA99. Prefers tidal reefs and estuaries including saltmarsh/mudflats.
       Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus wallicus) – scheduled as Vulnerable under
        NCA92. Prefers coastal heaths and swamps, also drier ridges.
       Hooded Plover (Thinornis cucullatus) – scheduled as Vulnerable under EPBCA99.
        Prefers freshwater lakes/marshes, saline lagoons and open sandy beaches particularly
        with seaweed and dunes.
       Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) – scheduled as Endangered under both
        NCA92 and EPBCA99. Prefers tidal mudflats/sandflats, beaches, saltmarsh, estuaries,
        atolls, reefs and mangroves.
       Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) – scheduled as Vulnerable under EPBCA99. Prefers
        coastal waters i.e. inlets, bays, marine/brackish lakes, saltfields.
       Red Knot (Calidris canutus) – scheduled as Vulnerable under both NCA92 and
        EPBCA99. Prefers tidal mudflats/sandflats, beaches and saltmarsh.
       Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) – scheduled as Vulnerable under both NCA92
        and EPBCA99. Prefers mudflats, stranded seaweed on sandy/shelly beaches, tidal
        reefs/pools and weed-covered rock.
       Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) – scheduled as Vulnerable under both
        NCA92 and EPBCA99. Prefers coastal saltmarshes/mangroves/mudflats, and
        brackish/marine/freshwater wetland fringes inland.
       Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) – scheduled as Vulnerable under both NCA92 and
        EPBCA99. Prefers coastal estuaries/swamps/mudflats, and island reefs/shorelines.
       Western Alaskan Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica baueri) – scheduled as
        Endangered under both NCA92 and EPBCA99. Prefers tidal mudflats, estuaries,
        riverbanks and brackish/saline lakes.
       White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) – scheduled as Vulnerable under
        both NCA92 and EPBCA99. Prefers forests, woodlands and farmlands on hilltops and
        ranges, also plains and lakes near coastal areas.

A targeted search revealed no current/recent presence of these species at time of survey, and
given the available components it is considered that the site does not comprises core habitat
therefore they are considered an unlikely occurrence even within a broader home-range.


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