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
Poephila cincta cincta                Southern Black‐throated Finch                 E              E             PM       Occurs mainly in grassy, open woodlands and forests, typically dominated by Eucalyptus , Corymbia and Melaleuca , and occasionally in            Unlikely
                                                                                                                          tussock grasslands or other habitats (for example freshwater wetlands), often along or near watercourses, or in the vicinity of water.


Rostratula australis                  Australian Painted Snipe                      V              E              PM          Shallow terrestrial freshwater (occasionally brackish) wetlands, including temporary and permanent lakes, swamps and claypans. They          Unlikely
                                                                                                                              also use inundated or waterlogged grassland or saltmarsh, dams, rice crops, sewage farms and bore drains. Typical sites include those
                                                                                                                              with rank emergent tussocks of grass, sedges, rushes or reeds, or samphire; often with scattered clumps of lignum Muehlenbeckia or
                                                                                                                              canegrass or sometimes tea‐tree (Melaleuca ). The Australian Painted Snipe sometimes utilises areas that are lined with trees, or that
                                                                                                                              have some scattered fallen or washed‐up timber


Chalinolobus dwyeri                   Large‐eared Pied Bat                           -             V              PM          Sandstone cliffs and fertile woodland valley habitat within close proximity of each other is habitat of importance to the Large‐eared Pied Unlikely
                                                                                                                              Bat. Inhabits large range of vegetation types including: dry and wet sclerophyll forest; Cyprus Pine (Callitris glauca) dominated forest; tall
                                                                                                                              open eucalypt forest with a rainforest sub‐canopy; sub‐alpine woodland; and sandstone outcrop country. In south‐east Queensland the
                                                                                                                              species has primarily been recorded from higher altitude moist tall open forest adjacent to rainforest.


Dasyurus hallucatus                   Northern Quoll                               LC              E              PM          Range of open woodland and open forest types preferring rocky areas. Northern quolls have also been recorded in vineforest,                  Unlikely
                                                                                                                              mangroves, sugarcane farms and urban areas. Their greatest breeding success is known to occur at sites near water


Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (SE Spot‐tailed Quoll                                  V              E              PM          Range of forest environments, from rainforest to open woodland. They require forest with suitable den sites such as rock crevices, caves, Unlikely
mainland population)                                                                                                          hollow logs, burrows and tree hollows. They have a large home range and can cover more than six kilometres overnight.


Petauroides volans                    Greater Glider                                 -             V              PM          The greater glider is an arboreal nocturnal marsupial, largely restricted to eucalypt forests and woodlands. It is primarily folivorous, with Unlikely
                                                                                                                              a diet mostly comprising eucalypt leaves, and occasionally flowers. This species is found in greatest abundance within tall montane,
                                                                                                                              moist eucalypt forests with relatively old trees and abundant hollows. Known from an elevational range from sea level to 1200 m above
                                                                                                                              sea level

Caretta caretta                       Loggerhead turtle                             E              E              PM          Loggerhead Turtles nest on open, sandy beaches. Hatchlings enter the open ocean and begin feeding on small animals. Small Loggerhead Unlikely
                                                                                                                              Turtles live at or near the surface of the ocean and move with the ocean currents. In eastern Australia, there is evidence that they spend
                                                                                                                              around 15 years or more in the open ocean, with much of their feeding in the top 5 m of water, before recruiting to their chosen inshore
                                                                                                                              or neritic feeding area. Loggerhead Turtles choose a wide variety of tidal and sub‐tidal habitat as feeding areas. Nesting females stay
                                                                                                                              within an "internesting area" during their nesting period. Once breeding and nesting is complete, turtles return to their favoured foraging
                                                                                                                              areas.

Chelonia mydas                        Green turtle                                  V              V              PM          Green Turtles spend their first five to ten years drifting on ocean currents. During this pelagic (ocean‐going) phase, they are often found Unlikely
                                                                                                                              in association with driftlines and rafts of Sargassum (a floating marine plant that is also carried by currents). Once Green Turtles reach
                                                                                                                              30 to 40 cm curved carapace length, they settle in shallow benthic foraging habitats such as tropical tidal and sub‐tidal coral and rocky
                                                                                                                              reef habitat or inshore seagrass beds. The shallow foraging habitat of adults contains seagrass beds or algae mats on which Green Turtles
                                                                                                                              mainly feed.




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