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
                                                      utilize heathlands, grasslands, woodlands and forests adjoining breeding habitats
                                                      in wallum environments and on near-coastal alluvial (clay) plains (Dept.
                                                      Environment 2012).
                                                      Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species occurs in open
                                                      forests and woodlands, shrublands, and in various cleared or semi-cleared
                                                      habitats, including farmland and areas of human habitation. Usually occurs in
 Merops ornatus         Rainbow bee-eater
                                                      open, cleared or lightly-timbered areas that are often, but not always, located
                                                      in close proximity to permanent water. Also occurs in inland and coastal sand
                                                      dune systems, and in mangroves (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                      Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Giant barred frogs forage and
                                                      live amongst deep, damp leaf litter in rainforests, moist eucalypt forest and
 Mixophyes iteratus     Giant barred frog             nearby dry eucalypt forest, at elevations below 1000m. They breed around
                                                      shallow, flowing rocky streams from late spring to summer. Suitable habitat does
                                                      not occur within the study area.
                                                      Possible. This species occurs in rainforest ecosystems, including semi-deciduous
                                                      vine-thickets, complex notophyll vine-forest, tropical (mesophyll) rainforest,
                                                      subtropical (notophyll) rainforest, mesophyll (broadleaf) thicket/shrubland,
                                                      warm temperate rainforest, dry (monsoon) rainforest and (occasionally) cool
 Monarcha melanopsis    Black-faced monarch           temperate rainforest. During winter or migration, this species also occurs in
                                                      marginal habitats such as 20-30 years old regrowth rainforest, nearby open
                                                      eucalypt forest (mainly wet sclerophyll forests), especially in gullies with a
                                                      dense, shrubby understorey as well as dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands,
                                                      often with a patchy understorey. (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                      Possible. This species occupies the understorey of mountain/lowland
 Monarcha trivirgatus   Spectacled monarch            rainforests, thickly wooded gullies, and waterside vegetation; mostly well below
                                                      the canopy, and occasionally mangroves (Pizzey & Knight 1997).
                                                      Unlikely. This species occurs in heavily vegetated gullies in eucalypt-dominated
 Myiagra cyanoleuca     Satin flycatcher
                                                      forests and taller woodlands, and on migration, occurs in coastal forests,



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