2 David Low Way - Attachment 2 - Ecological and Bushfire Assessment Report 9-8-17

Threatened Species Likelihood of Occurrence Assessment ‐ Lot 71 on MCH 2854

Status:
NCR ‐ Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation: NT = Near Threatened; V = Vulnerable; E = Endangered.
EPBC ‐ Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: V = Vulnerable; E = Endangered; CE = Critically Endangered

Record Source
WO = Wildlife On‐line; PM = Protected Matters Search Tool



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Likelihood of
Scientific Name                       Common Name                                        Status             Record Source General habitat requirements                                                                                                            Occurrence
Pteropus poliocephalus                Grey‐headed flying fox                       LC              V          WO,PM       Requires foraging resources and roosting sites. It is a canopy‐feeding frugivore and nectarivore, which utilises vegetation communities Possible
                                                                                                                          including rainforests, open forests, closed and open woodlands, Melaleuca swamps and Banksia woodlands. It also feeds in introduced
                                                                                                                          tree species in urban areas and in commercial fruit crops. The primary food source is blossom from Eucalyptus and related genera but in
                                                                                                                          some areas it also utilises a wide range of rainforest fruits. None of the vegetation communities used by the Grey‐headed Flying‐fox
                                                                                                                          produces continuous foraging resources throughout the year, and the species has adopted complex migration traits in response to
                                                                                                                          ephemeral and patchy food resources. Roosts in aggregations of various sizes on exposed branches, commonly of emergent trees.


Nannoperca oxleyana                   Oxleyan pygmy perch                           V              E            WO,PM         Dystrophic, acidic, freshwater systems draining through sandy coastal lowlands and ‘wallum’ heaths (Banksia dominated heathlands)              Unlikely
                                                                                                                              between north‐eastern NSW and south‐eastern Queensland (including Fraser, Stradbroke and Moreton islands)


Pseudomugil mellis                    honey blue eye                                V              V            WO,PM         Inhabits slightly acidic (pH 4.4–6.8), clear and tannin‐stained lakes, streams and wetlands with sandy or muddy bottoms in coastal heath Unlikely
                                                                                                                              (wallum) ecosystems. The species usually occurs where there is little or no flow, and the fish can find shelter in dense, aquatic
                                                                                                                              vegetation, such as emergent and submerged sedges, along the margins.

Anthochaera phrygia                   Regent Honeyeater                             E             CE              PM          Regent Honeyeaters mostly occur in dry box‐ironbark eucalypt woodland and dry sclerophyll forest associations, wherein they prefer the Unlikely
                                                                                                                              most fertile sites available, e.g. along creek flats, or in broad river valleys and foothills. Regent Honeyeaters occur typically in associations
                                                                                                                              that support species which reliably produce copious amounts of nectar, such as Eucalyptus sideroxylon (Mugga Ironbark), E. melliodora
                                                                                                                              (Yellow Box), White Box and E. leucoxylon (Yellow Gum) , but also in associated woodlands supporting E. microcarpa (Grey Box), E.
                                                                                                                              polyanthemos (Red Box), E. blakelyi (Blakely's Red Gum), E. camaldulensis (River Red Gum), E. melanophloia (Silver‐leaved Ironbark), E.
                                                                                                                              crebra (Narrow‐leaved Ironbark), E. caleyi (Caley's Ironbark)and Angophora floribunda (Rough‐barked Apple). They sometimes use native
                                                                                                                              pine Callitris woodlands, usually where mixed with eucalypts. They regularly occur in remnant trees or patches of woodland in farmland,
                                                                                                                              partly cleared agricultural land and riverine forest of River Sheoak, usually infested by mistletoe, and sometimes mixed with eucalypts.




Botaurus poiciloptilus                Australasian Bittern                         LC              E              PM          The Australasian Bittern occurs mainly in densely vegetated freshwater wetlands and, rarely, in estuaries or tidal wetlands.                   Possible


Calidris canutus                      Red Knot                                      E              E              PM          In Australasia the Red Knot mainly inhabit intertidal mudflats, sandflats and sandy beaches of sheltered coasts, in estuaries, bays, inlets, Unlikely
                                                                                                                              lagoons and harbours; sometimes on sandy ocean beaches or shallow pools on exposed wave‐cut rock platforms or coral reefs. They are
                                                                                                                              occasionally seen on terrestrial saline wetlands near the coast, such as lakes, lagoons, pools and pans, and recorded on sewage ponds
                                                                                                                              and saltworks, but rarely use freshwater swamps. They rarely use inland lakes or swamps


Calidris ferruginea                   Curlew Sandpiper                              E             CE              PM          Intertidal mudflats in sheltered coastal areas, such as estuaries, bays, inlets and lagoons, and also around non‐tidal swamps, lakes and       Unlikely
                                                                                                                              lagoons near the coast, and ponds in saltworks and sewage farms. They are also recorded inland, though less often, including around
                                                                                                                              ephemeral and permanent lakes, dams, waterholes and bore drains, usually with bare edges of mud or sand. They occur in both fresh
                                                                                                                              and brackish waters. Occasionally they are recorded around floodwaters


Diomedea antipodensis                 Antipodean Albatross                           -             V              PM          The Antipodean Albatross is marine, pelagic and aerial. It rarely enters the belt of icebergs region of Antarctica (Hicks 1973), but in late   Unlikely
                                                                                                                              summer, it may approach the edge of pack‐ice (Darby 1970). It sleeps and rests on ocean waters when not breeding.Nests in open
                                                                                                                              patchy vegetation, such as among tussock grassland or shrubs on ridges, slopes and plateaus.



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