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
                                                          that these islands are a combination of very shallow water, exposed mud, dense
                                                          low cover and sometimes some tall dense cover (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                          Unlikely. This species inhabits rainforest and occasionally moist eucalypt forest,
                                                          on loamy or sandy soils. This species feeds on earthworms and beetle grubs and
                              Three-toed      snake-tooth is found in leaf litter, often immediately adjacent to fallen tree trunks (Dept.
 Saiphos reticulatus
                              skink
                                                          Environment 2012). While some suitable habitat may occur on the site, this
                                                          habitat is isolated and unlikely to sustain populations of this species.
                                                          Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species is dependent on
 Tenuibranchiurus glypticus   Swamp crayfish              coastal, acidic sedge-heath and paperbark swamps, characterised by pools of
                                                          tannin-stained water, and sandy soils covered in organic matter.
                                                          Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. Suitable habitat for this species
 Tringa brevipes              Grey-tailed tattler         includes tidal reefs and pools, weed-covered rocks, pebbly, shelly and sandy
                                                          shores with stranded seaweed, and mudflats (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                          Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species is known to occupy
 Tringa nebularia             Common greenshank
                                                          habitat associated with estuaries.
                                                          Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species is restricted to
                                                          rainforests and forests, mostly in areas with 770-1200 mm rainfall per annum.
                                                          They prefer drier low closed forests, particularly semi-evergreen vine thicket,
                                                          low microphyll vine forest, araucarian microphyll vine forest and araucarian
                              Black-breasted      button- notophyll vine forest. This species may also be found in low, dense acacia
 Turnix melanogaster
                              quail                       thickets and, in littoral area, in vegetation behind sand dunes. An extensive
                                                          dense leaf-litter layer is required for foraging and possibly also roosting. Fallen
                                                          logs and a dense, heterogeneously distributed shrub layers are also considered
                                                          to be important habitat characteristics for shelter and breeding (Dept.
                                                          Environment 2012).
                                                          Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. The Terek Sandpiper mostly
 Xenus cinereus               Terek sandpiper             forages in the open, on soft wet intertidal mudflats or in sheltered estuaries,
                                                          embayments, harbours or lagoons. The species has also been recorded on islets,



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