MCU14/0056 - Attachment I -Environmental Report

                environmental management
              ecological assessment report

         Species Details                Legislation                       Occurrence
                                                                                                                            Habitat Features
                                                                        Likely
                     Common                                                      Possible   Unlikely
 Scientific Name                NCA Listing     EPBC Act    Confirmed     to
                      Name                                                       to Occur   To Occur
                                                                        Occur
                                                                                                       suitable habitat.
                                                                                                       The Red Goshawk occurs in coastal and sub-coastal areas
                                                                                                       in wooded and forested lands of tropical and warm-
                                                                                                       temperate Australia. Riverine forests are also utilised.
                                                                                                       Habitat has to be open enough for fast attack and
 Erythrotriorchis
     radiatus
                       Red
                     Goshawk
                                Endangered     Vulnerable                                     
        manoeuvring in flight. Therefore forests of intermediate
                                                                                                       density are favoured.
                                                                                                       This species is unlikely to occur on site due to lack of
                                                                                                       suitable habitat.
   Accipiter        Grey        Near                                                                   This species is found in coastal areas in northern and eastern
novaehollandiae     Goshawk     Threatened                                                             Australia. The species is predominant in the more open
                                                                                                       forests of north-western Australia and coastal Victoria and
                                                                                              
        is the only form found in Tasmania
                                                                                                       This species is unlikely to occur as site is not within
                                                                                                       expected distribution.
   Stictonetta      Freckled    Near                                                                   This species found primarily in the south east and south
    naevosa         Duck        Threatened                                                             west of Australia, occurring as a vagrant elsewhere. It
                                                                                                       breeds in large temporary swamps created by floods in
                                                                                              
        the Bulloo and Lake Eyre Basins and the Murray Darling
                                                                                                       System.
                                                                                                       This species is unlikely to occur as site is not within
                                                                                                       expected distribution
    Nettapus        Cotton      Near                                                                   This species is a rare vagrant in the southern part of its
coromandelianus     pygmy-      Threatened                                                             range on the north coast of NSW. However, the species is
                                                                                                       relatively common on lily-covered lagoons, dams and
                    goose
                                                                                              
        ponds in north-eastern Queensland.
                                                                                                       This species is unlikely to occur on site due to lack of
                                                                                                       suitable habitat.
                                                                                                       Uncommon to rare in open Casuarina woodland mainly
                      Glossy                                                                           on highland slopes, in east from about Mackay to eastern
Calyptorhynchus
    lathami
                      black-
                     cockatoo
                                Vulnerable                                                    
        Victoria. .
                                                                                                       This species is unlikely to occur on site due to lack of
                                                                                                       suitable habitat.



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