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

                                                  Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



      Scientific Name             Common Name                                    Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                          Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Due to specific habitat
                                                          requirements, this species distribution is highly fragmented and restricted to
                                                          only a few locations. The Collared Delma is known from the western suburbs of
                                                          Brisbane, QLD and the following sites: Bunya Mountains, Blackdown Tableland
                                                          National Park (NP), Bullyard Conservation Park, D'Aguilar Range NP, Expedition
                                                          NP, Naumgna and Lockyer Forest Reserves, Western Creek near Millmerran and
                                                          the Toowoomba Range (Dept. Environment 2012). This species inhabits eucalypt
                                                          dominated woodland and open forest where it is associated with suitable micro-
 Delma torquata              Collared delma               habitats (exposed rocky outcrops). The ground cover is predominantly native
                                                          grasses, such as Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra), Barbed-wire Grass
                                                          (Cymbopogon refractus), Wiregrass (Aristida sp.) and Lomandra (Lomandra sp.)
                                                          (Dept. Environment 2012). The presence of rocks, logs, bark and other coarse
                                                          woody debris, and mats of leaf litter (typically 30–100mm thick) appears to be
                                                          an essential characteristic of the collared delma microhabitat and is always
                                                          present where the species occurs (Dept. Environment 2012). Whilst Collared
                                                          delmas are often found associated with small rocks, the presence of small rocks
                                                          is not an essential habitat characteristic (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                          Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species occupies open
                                                          forests and woodlands along rivers and wetlands and rainforest fringes. In NSW
 Erythrotriorchis radiatus   Red goshawk
                                                          favoured habitat includes Melaleuca forest along coastal rivers (Debus 1991,
                                                          1993).
                                                          Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Beach Stone-curlews are found
                                                          exclusively along the coast, on a wide range of beaches, islands, reefs and in
                                                          estuaries, and may often be seen at the edges of or near mangroves. They forage
                                                          in the intertidal zone of beaches and estuaries, on islands, flats, banks and spits
 Esacus magnirostris         Beach stone-curlew
                                                          of sand, mud, gravel or rock, and among mangroves. Beach Stone-curlews breed
                                                          above the littoral zone, at the backs of beaches, or on sandbanks and islands,
                                                          among low vegetation of grass, scattered shrubs or low trees; also among open
                                                          mangroves (Dept. Environment 2012).


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