Mount Morgan Mine Upper Mundic Gully TSF EA Amendment

3.4

Fauna results

3.4.1 Conservation significant species During the desktop analysis, the PMST and Wildlife Online (WO) reports identified 29 conservation significant fauna species that have the potential to occur within the study area based on species’ distributions and/or records (Table 3-9/Appendix A). These species include: – 14 birds – Eight mammals – Seven reptiles Of these 29 conservation significant fauna species, two have been recorded in the study area on the WO database (Table 3-9). No species have been previously recorded within the project area or survey area. The northern quoll has the closest historical record, being located approximately 7 km northeast from the project area. All conservation significant fauna species and the number of records within the study area are summarised in Table 3-9.

Table 3-9

Conservation significant fauna species predicted to occur within the survey area

Scientific name

Common name Conservation status

Source

Records (WO) within the study area

Records (BioMaps) within the study area

NC Act

EPBC Act

Birds

Calidris acuminata

Sharp-tailed sandpiper Curlew sandpiper Coxen's fig- parrot

V

V

PMST

0

0

Calidris ferruginea

CR

CE

PMST

0

0

Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni

CE

CE

PMST

0

0

Erythrotriorchis radiatus

Red goshawk

E

E

PMST

0

0

Falco hypoleucos

Grey falcon

V

V

PMST

0

0

Gallinago hardwickii

Latham's snipe

V

V

PMST

0

0

Geophaps scripta scripta

Squatter pigeon (southern) White-throated needletail

V

V

PMST

0

0

Hirundapus caudacutus

V

V

PMST

0

0

Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda Numenius madagascariensis

Star finch (eastern)

E

E

PMST

0

0

Eastern curlew

CR

CE

PMST

0

0

Poephila cincta cincta

Southern black- throated finch Australian painted snipe

E

E

PMST

1

0

Rostratula australis

E

E

PMST

0

0

Tringa nebularia

Common greenshank, greenshank

E

E

PMST

0

0

Turnix melanogaster

Black-breasted buttonquail

V

V

PMST

0

0

Mammals

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