4.4 Fauna results 4.4.1 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 4.6/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 4.6). 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 4.6.
Table 4.6
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 Red goshawk
V
V
PMST
0
0
CR
CE
PMST
0
0
Calidris ferruginea
CE
CE
PMST
0
0
Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni Erythrotriorchis radiatus Falco hypoleucos Gallinago hardwickii Geophaps scripta scripta
E
E
PMST
0
0
Grey falcon
V V V
V V V
PMST PMST PMST
0 0 0
0 0 0
Latham's snipe Squatter pigeon (southern) White-throated needletail
V
V
PMST
0
0
Hirundapus caudacutus
Star finch (eastern)
E
E
PMST
0
0
Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda Numenius madagascariensis
Eastern curlew
CR
CE
PMST
0
0
Southern black- throated finch Australian painted snipe
E
E
PMST
1
0
Poephila cincta cincta
E
E
PMST
0
0
Rostratula australis
Common greenshank, greenshank
E
E
PMST
0
0
Tringa nebularia
Black-breasted buttonquail
V
V
PMST
0
0
Turnix melanogaster
Mammals
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