Response to Info Request - Attachment 6b - Ecological Assessment Part 2 MCU18-0015 & RAL18-0001 · MCU18/0015

                                               Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights




APPENDIX 2 - HABITAT SUITABILITY ASSESSMENTS FOR THREATENED AND MIGRATORY FAUNA SPECIES
       Scientific Name        Common Name                                    Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                       Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species utilises a wide range
                                                       of coastal wetlands and some inland wetlands, with varying levels of salinity,
                                                       and is mostly found around muddy margins or rocky shores and rarely on
                                                       mudflats. This species has been recorded in estuaries and deltas of streams, as
                                                       well as on banks farther upstream; around lakes, pools, billabongs, reservoirs,
 Actitis hypoleucos      Common sandpiper              dams and claypans, and occasionally piers and jetties. This species generally
                                                       forages in shallow water and on bare soft mud at the edges of wetlands; often
                                                       where obstacles project from substrate, e.g. rocks or mangrove roots. Birds
                                                       sometimes venture into grassy areas adjoining wetlands. Roost sites are typically
                                                       on rocks or in roots or branches of vegetation, especially mangroves (Dept.
                                                       Environment 2012).
                                                       Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species utilises coastal
 Anilios silvia          Striped blind snake           rainforest, woodlands and heaths growing on white sand. Shelters in sand and
                                                       decomposed wood under logs and leaf litter.
                                                       Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. The Magpie goose occurs mainly
                                                       in coastal and sub-coastal areas of northern Australia. It generally inhabits open
 Anseranas semipalmata   Magpie goose
                                                       lakes, swamps and permanent wetlands which are dominated by rush and sedge
                                                       vegetation, with grasslands nearby.
                                                       Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. The regent honeyeater is found
                                                       from Dalby in Queensland, south to Bendigo in Victoria, especially along the
                                                       ranges and the western slopes. However, its distribution is extremely patchy
                                                       with only a small number of known breeding sites. The estimated total
 Anthochaera phrygia     Regent honeyeater             population is between 350 and 400 mature individuals. In south-east Queensland
                                                       it is found ranging from Cooloola, Great Sandy National Park to near the
                                                       Queensland-New South Wales border. In Queensland, breeding occurs regularly
                                                       west of Warwick by a small number of individual regent honeyeaters. Potential
                                                       habitat for this species includes dry eucalypt woodland and open forest, rural



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