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
                                                                                                          street trees.
                                                                                                          This species has the potential to occur on site due to
                                                                                                          the presence of mature Eucalypts.
 Menura alberti      Albert's       Near                                                                  In Queensland, it is restricted to scattered and sometimes
                     Lyrebird       Threatened                                                            isolated sites in the area from Tamborine Mountain to
                                                                                                          Lamington National Park, and from the McPherson Range
                                                                                                          west to Mount Barney National Park and near Killarney. It
                                                                                                          is also found along the Great Divide and associated
                                                                                                          ranges, from Wilsons Peak north to Cunningham's Gap
                                                                                                          and Mount Mistake in Main Range National Park. This
                                                                                                 
        species is mostly confined to rainforests and wet
                                                                                                          sclerophyll forests with mesic understorey, usually at
                                                                                                          altitudes of more than 300 m above sea level. They are
                                                                                                          typically located in gullies, along watercourses, and on the
                                                                                                          slopes and ridges of steep mountain ranges
                                                                                                          This species is unlikely to occur on site due to lack of
                                                                                                          suitable habitat.
   Podargus          Plumed         Vulnerable                                                            This species prefers subtropical rainforest, particularly in
    ocellatus        Frogmouth                                                                            deep, wet, sheltered gullies along creeklines and often
   plumiferus                                                                                             containing stands of Bangalow Palms or ferns. Less often,
                                                                                                          they are found in the ecotone between rainforest and wet
                                                                                                 
        Eucalyptus forests, or occasionally in cool rainforest and
                                                                                                          higher elevation temperate rainforests.
                                                                                                          This species is unlikely to occur due to lack of suitable
                                                                                                          habitat.
                                                                                                          The Lewin's Rail inhabits swamps and is very secretive and
                                                                                                          rarely seen.
Lewinia pectoralis   Lewin's Rail
                                       Near
                                    Threatened                                                   
        This species is unlikely to occur due to lack of suitable
                                                                                                          habitat.
  Ninox strenua      Powerful       Vulnerable                                                            The Powerful Owl is found in open forests and woodlands,
                     Owl                                                                                  as well as along sheltered gullies in wet forests with dense

                                                                                     
                    understoreys, especially along watercourses. Will
                                                                                                          sometimes be found in open areas near forests such as
                                                                                                          farmland, parks and suburban areas, as well as in remnant
                                                                                                          bushland patches.

   saunders havill group
age 61