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
                                                                                                           This species has the potential to occur on site to due to
                                                                                                           the presence of the watercourse and associated
                                                                                                           ecological features.
                                                                                                           Habitat is generally defined as open-forest to sparse,
                                                                                                           open-woodlands and scrub that are mostly dominated in
                                                                                                           the overstorey by Eucalyptus, Corymbia, Acacia or Callitris
Geophaps scripta
    scripta
                     Squatter
                      Pigeon
                                                  Vulnerable                                      
        sp., remnant, regrowth or partly modified communities
                                                                                                           and within 3km of water bodies.
                                                                                                           This species is unlikely to occur on site due to lack of
                                                                                                           suitable habitat and nesting sites.
                                                                                                           Migrate between Tasmania and the mainland. On the
                                                                                                           mainland they occur in areas where Eucalypts are
                                                                                                           flowering profusely or where there are abundant lerp
   Lathamus
    discolor
                    Swift Parrot                 Endangered                                       
        (from sap-sucking bugs) infestations.
                                                                                                           This species is unlikely to occur as site is not within
                                                                                                           expected distribution.
                                                                                                           The Black-throated Finch (southern) occurs mainly in
                                                                                                           grassy, open woodlands and forests, typically dominated
                                                                                                           by Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Melaleuca, and occasionally
                                                                                                           in tussock grasslands or other habitats (for example
                                                                                                           freshwater wetlands), often along or near watercourses, or
                                                                                                           in the vicinity of water. It occurs at two general locations:
                      Black-
                                                                                                           in the Townsville region, where it is considered to be
Poephila cincta
    cincta
                     throated
                       Finch
                                                                                                  
        locally common at a few sites around Townsville and
                                                                                                           Charters Towers; and at scattered sites in central-eastern
                                                                                                           Queensland (between Aramac and Great Basalt Wall
                                                                                                           National Park). It has been absent from Brisbane and its
                                                                                                           surrounds since the 1930s.
                                                                                                           This species is unlikely to occur as site is not within
                                                                                                           expected distribution.
                                                                                                           Generally inhabits shallow terrestrial freshwater
                     Australian                                                                            (occasionally brackish) wetlands, including temporary and
   Rostratula
    australis
                      Painted
                       Snipe
                                   Vulnerable
                                                 Endangered /
                                                   Migratory                          
                    permanent lakes, swamps and claypans. They also use
                                                                                                           inundated or waterlogged grassland or saltmarsh, dams,
                                                                                                           rice crops, sewage farms and bore drains. Typical sites
   saunders havill group
age 62