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6.0 Conservation Significant Species

Table 6.1 provides a summary of the species with an elevated conservation ranking that were returned from the database searches. Migratory species, which are identified as Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES) under the EPBC Act, have been excluded, as there is little (if any) appropriate habitat in the Study Area for any of these species.

For each of the species listed in Table 6.1, an assessment of likelihood of occurrence has been made based on availability of suitable habitat and past records of the species. An assessment of risk to each conservation significant species has then been made, based upon this likelihood of occurrence, together with the scale of potential impact to habitat within the Study Area, and giving consideration to the wider availability of habitat and occurrence of the species. For those species assessed as having the potential to occur within the Study Area, potential habitat has been mapped both within the Study Area and the wider surrounds.

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Table 6.1: Conservation significant species returned from the database searches (excluding migratory species). 4 Species Status under the Suitable Habitat Units in Study Area Locality of Records Recorded from WC Act Study Area [EPBC Act] Burrowing Bettong Schedule 4 NA (extinct) NA (extinct) NA (extinct) (Bettongia lesueur grayii) [Extinct] Night Parrot (Pezoporus Schedule 1 Sandplain supporting mature Spinifex (roosting, nesting) Murchison bioregion (exact location No occidentalis) [Endangered] shrubland, Wanderrie Bank grassy shrublands, bluebush unknown) shrublands and Chenopod plains (foraging). Black-footed Rock-wallaby Schedule 2 Breakaway formations in Hills and Slopes, Sclerophyll Barr Smith Range – South Albion Downs No (Petrogale lateralis lateralis) [Endangered] Shrublands Borefield Malleefowl (Leipoa Schedule 3 Drainage Line Wanjarri Nature Reserve and numerous No ocellata) [Vulnerable] Areas of Internal Drainage – Mulga locations at Yeelirrie Great Desert Skink (Liopholis Schedule 3 Undulating Plains Grass Dominated Kathleen Station No kintorei) [Vulnerable] Peregrine Falcon (Falco Schedule 7 Drainage Line Mt Keith, Wanjarri Nature Reserve No peregrinus) [NA] Brush-tailed Mulgara Priority 4 Undulating Plains Grass Dominated Widespread No (Dasycercus blythi) [NA] Long-tailed Dunnart Priority 4 Hills and Slopes, Sclerophyll Shrublands Mt Keith and Albion Downs Borefield No (Sminthopsis longicaudata) [NA] Central Long-eared Bat Priority 4 Drainage Line Yeelirrie No (Nyctophilus major tor) [NA] Areas of Internal Drainage - Mulga Princess Parrot (Polytelis Priority 4 Drainage Line Wanjarri Nature Reserve (unconfirmed) No alexandrae) [NA] Areas of Internal Drainage – Mulga Striated Grasswren Priority 4 Undulating Plains Grass Dominated Wanjarri Nature Reserve No (Amytornis striatus striatus) [NA]

4 The State and Commonwealth conservation rankings are defined in Appendix 4.

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6.1 Mammals

Three conservation significant mammal species have been recorded either from within the Study Area or the local area: Black-footed Rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis lateralis, WC Act: Schedule 2, EPBC Act: Endangered), Brush-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus blythi DBCA Priority 4), Long-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata, DBCA Priority 4). One species, the Central Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus major tor, DBCA Priority 4) has been recorded from the wider area (Yeelirrie 50 km west of the Study Area). Consideration was also given to habitat availability for the Burrowing Bettong (Bettongia lesueur grayii, WC Act Schedule 4, EPBC Act). While the inland subspecies is presumed extinct, the DBCA has translocated individuals from offshore islands (i.e. other subspecies) to the Lorna Glen reserve 150 km north-east of the Study Area.

6.1.1 Black-footed Rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis lateralis) WC Act Schedule 2, EPBC Act Endangered

Distribution: The Black-footed Rock-wallaby is known from a series of isolated, patchily distributed populations in Western Australia and the Northern Territory (Pearson 2013, Woinarski et al. 2014). The species’ occurrence 13.5 km west of the Study Area is significant as it appears to represent one of the only records from the Murchison bioregion.

The species is susceptible to predation by foxes and cats and habitat degradation by introduced herbivores.

Ecology: This nocturnal species requires shelter in the form of caves, cliffs and boulder screes during the day. Habitat critical to survival requires sufficient cave and crevice development to provide shelter from extremes of temperature and predators (Pearson 2013). Free water is usually not required unless the animals are occupying sub-optimal habitat that has inferior thermal refuges (Pearson 2013).

Habitat Assessment: Biota completed a desktop habitat mapping exercise over the broader locality surrounding the Development Envelope (Figure 6.1). This exercise mapped approximately 65 km of breakaway representing 30 km2. An extension of the breakaway landform of the Barr Smith Range was found to intersect the Proposal transport corridor.

This potential habitat was further assessed for suitability and occurrence of the species during a targeted field assessment. This assessment found that the breakaway habitat at the 2006 sighting location is characterised by substantial cliffs, shelves and caves to a height of 10 m. It was observed that habitat within and immediately east of the Study Area may be suitable for use by rock-wallaby due to the presence of limited suitably sized caves, cliffs and overhanging structures. However these areas do not contain habitat similar to that from the sighting location and the quality of the habitat within the Proposal transport corridor is unlikely to represent core critical habitat. The breakaway habitat immediately west of the Study Area is very shallow and considered unsuitable for the rock-wallaby.

The Development Envelope, to which all Proposal activity must be constrained, contains 4.1 ha of moderately prospective habitat representing approximately 1.4% of the occurrence of breakaway mapped in the local area (Figure 6.1).

Likelihood of Occurrence: The Black-footed Rock-wallaby is known from a 2006 sighting 13.5 km west of the northern end of the transport corridor (Figure 6.1). Following the 2006 sighting, collection and analysis of scats confirmed they were from Black-footed Rock-wallaby (Bamford 2015). During the recent targeted survey, scats consistent with rock-wallaby were again collected from the known locality, though few in number and aged, with no fresh scats identified. No additional rock-wallaby scats were found despite extensive searching of the breakaway landform. Numerous latrines are generally evident in the refuge areas of rock-wallabies (Jarman and Caprararo 1997).

Five camera traps were placed in areas of prospective habitat found within the range, including a camera at the location of the 2006 sighting and a camera within the Proposal transport

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The Black-footed Rock-wallaby is assessed as having a low likelihood of occurrence within the Study Area for the following reasons: (i) the lack of fresh evidence of rock-wallaby presence anywhere searched on the Barr Smith Range even from where the species was previously recorded, (ii) no records on the camera traps anywhere on the range even in areas of most prospective habitat, (ii) availability of higher quality habitat outside the Study Area than within.

Risk Assessment: the recent targeted survey indicated that the rock-wallaby does not occur within the Study Area or directly east or west of the Study Area, and the proposed transport corridor would therefore not represent a barrier to animal movement or result in potential vehicle collision. A small amount of potential non-core habitat will be disturbed by the proposal (4.1 ha). As a result of the low likelihood of occurrence and minor habitat impact, the risk to the subspecies is assessed as Low.

Plate 6.1: Breakaway habitat from the Study Area showing free face (Photo by Geoff Cockerton).

Plate 6.2: Breakaway habitat from the Study Area (Photo by Geoff Cockerton).

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Figure 6.1: Potential habitat the Black-footed Rock-wallaby within the Study Area and wider area (historical record Shown).

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6.1.2 Brush-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus blythi) DBCA Priority 4

Distribution: The Brush-tailed Mulgara, Dasycercus blythi, is a medium sized (60-120 g) carnivorous marsupial exhibiting a patchy distribution throughout arid Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Ecology: Maxwell et al. (1996) indicate that the preferred habitat for the Brush-tailed Mulgara largely comprises immature hummock grassland and that larger colonies coincide with better- watered areas such as paleo-drainage channels or drainage lines in sandplain or sand-dune habitats. This latter description is perhaps more applicable to the situation in the Northern Territory than in the Goldfields region of Western Australia.

Habitat Assessment: An assessment of the habitat preferences of the Mulgara on parts of the Mt Keith, Albion Downs, Tarmoola, Weebo and Yeelirrie pastoral leases indicates that the Spinifex Sandplain unit of the Bullimore land system (Pringle et al. 1994) was their primary habitat (Halpern Glick Maunsell 2000). As such, the occurrence of the Bullimore land system was used to provide a general indication of habitat availability as illustrated in Figure 6.2. Vegetation typically comprised sparse eucalypts and/or Acacia species over open Triodia basedowii. The Bullimore land system occurs widely throughout the region (Figure 6.2), with an estimated 3 million hectares across the region encompassed by the Sandstone, Youanmi, Sir Samuel, Duketon, Leonora, Laverton, Menzies and Edjudina 1:250,000 map sheets.

Within the Study Area, 542.2 ha of potential habitat occurs of which 108.1 ha occurs within the Development Envelope.

Likelihood of Occurrence: Early records of the then Schedule 1 Mulgara from the Wanjarri Nature Reserve (Ecologia 1990) resulted in numerous Mulgara surveys being undertaken in the locality, particularly on Mt Keith, Albion Downs and Barwidgee Stations (Halpern Glick Maunsell 1977, 1997, 1999, 2000, Ecologia 1998, ATA 2005b, Biota 2006c). Reflective of this intensive survey effort, numerous populations of Mulgara have been recorded in the wider area (Figure 6.2). An individual was trapped at Site MKM01E in the Bullimore land system 500 m east of the transport corridor section of the Study Area and burrows, and tracks and scats of this species have been recorded from the Bullimore land system to the west of the transport corridor section of the Study Area (Biota 2006c).

Risk Assessment: While the species has been shown to occur within the Study Area, its habitat is much more widely distributed outside the Study Area and the Proposal is unlikely to impact the conservation status of the species or result in a change in abundance over and above normal variation in the area.

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Figure 6.2: Mulgara records in the vicinity of the Study Area and Potential Habitat.

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6.1.3 Long-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata) DBCA Priority 4

Distribution: This species inhabits rocky, rugged habitat from the Pilbara and adjacent upper Gascoyne region in the west, to the central Northern Territory and South Australia.

Ecology: Records have come from plateaus near breakaways, and from scree slopes and rugged boulder-strewn screes. Moderate numbers of individuals (in excess of 50) have been recorded in the Goldfields region, mostly from stony substrates, particularly fractured to weathered mudstone/siltstone but also breakaways (Mark Cowan, DBCA, pers. comm.).

Habitat Assessment: Mapping of this potential habitat was achieved by viewing available Google Earth (https://www.google.com/earth/) imagery for breakaway habitat. The linear extent of mapped breakaway is approximately 65 km and represents a combined area of approximately 30 km2 (Figure 6.1). Regionally, Hall and Milewski (1994) described breakaways as common throughout the Sandstone-Sir Samuel area, comprising weathered granite faces punctuated by shallow caves and overhangs.

Within the Study Area, 65.1 ha of potential habitat has been mapped while the Development Envelope, contains 4.1 ha (Figure 6.3).

Likelihood of Occurrence: A single individual was recorded from a site to the west of the Mt Keith Mine and within the Albion Downs Borefield (Biota 2010). This species may occur in the Study Area, with core habitat represented by the breakaway areas, that is, the same habitat that has been mapped for the Black-footed Rock-wallaby.

Risk Assessment: This species is relatively common where it occurs and the Study Area falls within its already known distribution. 4.1 ha of the species core habitat occurs within the Study Area and it is much more widely occurring outside the Study Area and so the risk to the species is assessed as low.

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Figure 6.3: Potential habitat for the Long-tailed Dunnart within the Study Area and wider area.

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6.1.4 Central Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus major tor) DBCA Priority 4

Distribution: The Central Long-eared Bat has a range that encompasses the southern half of Western Australia and much of southwestern South Australia and is perhaps more common than records indicate (see references in Woinarski et al. 2014).

Ecology: This species has been recorded from woodlands and mallee, especially near granite outcrops and old dams, and is likely to roost in tree crevices and beneath exfoliating bark (see references in Woinarski et al. 2014).

Habitat Assessment: The species preference for wooded habitats and trees large enough to support hollows and/or exfoliating bark make the riparian vegetation of the Jones Creek system the species most likely habitat for the species within the Study Area.

Likelihood of Occurrence: BCE (2015) recorded this species from Yeelirrie (65 km west) but the species has not been recorded any closer to the Study Area.

Risk Assessment: The Proposal has been designed to avoid the vegetation of the Jones Creek system and furthermore, the species has not been recorded in the local area. Risk to the Central Long-eared Bat has therefore been assessed as low.

6.1.5 Burrowing Bettong (Bettongia lesueur graii) WC Act Schedule 4

A search of the DBCA Threatened Fauna Database yielded records of the Schedule 4 Burrowing Bettong (Bettongia lesueur graii). The inland subspecies is now considered extinct on the mainland, however, the DBCA has undertaken translocations from offshore Islands and captive bred populations to Lorna Glen, located approximately 150 km northeast of the Study Area.

Distribution: The species’ decline began in the nineteenth century and it had disappeared from Victoria by 1863, but persisted in some parts of Australia until the 1930s and 1940s. The decline seems to have coincided with the establishment of foxes and cats (van Dyck and Strahan 2008). The species had one of the largest geographic ranges of any Australian mammal, but is now extinct through mainland Australia and on Dirk Hartog Island. It remains only on Bernier and Dorre Islands in Shark Bay (Bettongia lesueur lesueur), and on Barrow and Boodie Islands (unnamed subspecies) off the Pilbara coast of Western Australia (Woinarski et al. 2014). However, several “soft” (enclosure style) reintroductions have been initiated at various mainland localities including at Lorna Glen (northeast of Wiluna), where both extant subspecies have been released.

Likelihood of Occurrence: As the Burrowing Bettong is presumed extinct on the mainland (outside of re-introductions). It is highly improbable that this species occurs within the Study Area. Numerous old mounds are evident throughout the broader region, particularly in calcareous soils. This suggests that some habitat types may again be important for this species, should re-introductions succeed at locations like Lorna Glen.

Ecology: The Burrowing Bettong is the only macropod to inhabit burrows on a regular basis. The burrow in which it spends the day may be a simple structure consisting of one or two entrances and a short, shallow curving tunnel; more often there are many entrances to complex warrens with interconnecting deep passageways. On the mainland, warrens were constructed in most types of country where the soil was deep enough. The Burrowing Bettong is nocturnal and gregarious. On the mainland, the species ate tubers and bulbs as well as seeds, nuts and the green parts of some plants (van Dyck and Strahan 2008).

Risk Assessment: The Proposal presents no risk at present, as the species is only present in reserves and so will not occur in the Study Area.

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6.2 Birds

Two WC Act Schedule and two DBCA Priority 4 listed bird species have been recorded in the vicinity of the Study Area, or may occur there based on their known distribution: the Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata, WC Act Schedule 3, EPBC Act Vulnerable), Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus, WC Act Schedule 7), Princess Parrot (Polytelis alexandrae, Priority 4) and Striated Grasswren (Amytornis striatus striatus, Priority 4).

The Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis Schedule 1) has also been given consideration here given the recent confirmed sighting in the Murchison Bioregion and the release the “Interim guideline for preliminary surveys of night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) in Western Australia” (Department of Parks and Wildlife 2017).

6.2.1 Migratory Species

A number of Migratory species were returned from the EPBC Act Protected Matters database search. Although these species may visit ephemeral pools and nearby salt lakes following heavy rains, and some have been recorded from the Mount Keith tailings facility (Donato 2006), these species are unlikely to be dependent on the habitats of the Study Area. Migratory species are therefore not addressed below.

6.2.2 Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) WC Act Schedule 1, EPBC Act Endangered

The Night Parrot is a small ground-dwelling Parrot endemic to Australia and occurring in arid to semi-arid regions where it requires dense, low vegetation, under or in which they hide during the day. Historical records indicate that the Night Parrot was once widespread and relatively common in the arid zone until late in the 19th Century (Murphy et al. 2017) but then a hiatus in records of almost 100 years followed, despite considerable search effort. Then in 1990 and 2006, two specimens were collected in southwest Queensland with the first photographic evidence presented in 2013 (Dooley 2013). In March this year (2017) there was a confirmed record from the Murchison (Jones 2017). A published article also details a number of sightings in the Lorna Glen and Millrose Station area, which straddles the Murchison/Gascoyne bioregions (Hamilton et al. 2017).

The current descriptions of the species’ habitat preferences are broad, reflecting the wide variety of habitats the species was historically known from. The Department of Parks and Wildlife (2017) guideline details old-growth spinifex (Triodia spp.) as habitat for roosting and nesting as has been recorded in western Queensland (Murphy et al. 2017). Foraging habitats are broadly described as grasses and herbs that may or may not contain shrubs or low trees. Johnstone and Storr (1998) mention sparsely-wooded Triodia spp. near water as the habitat preferred by this species, while Pizzey and Knight (2007) list the following additional habitats: seeding spinifex on stony rises, breakaway country, sandy lowlands, shrubby glasswort, chenopods, succulents on flats around salt lakes, flooded claypans, saltbush, bluebush and bassia associations.

There is little information available on the Night Parrot, making it difficult to quantify the direct cause of decline in this species. The following potential threats have been suggested: predation by feral cats and foxes, degradation of habitat due to fire, grazing or rabbits, reduction in the availability of water due to consumption by feral camels and reduced maintenance of waterholes (Department of the Environment 2016).

Habitat Assessment (Roosting/Nesting): Areas of ring-forming long-unburnt spinifex were found within the Development Envelope but were 30 – 40 cm in height (see Plate 6.3), which we estimate to be functionally too small for nesting by extrapolating from the available information on Night Parrot nest characteristics. The study of Murphy et. al. (2017) describes three nests each consisting of a hollow chamber ranging in size from 20 – 28 cm in a spinifex hummock with each chamber leading to the outside via a tunnel of length 20 – 33 cm. The size of the hummocks was not stated but we infer that they much have been least 40 - 50 cm in size. We assume, based on this information, that the structural elements of a chamber and tunnel are required for nest success and although perhaps the tunnel and chamber size may be tailored somewhat to the

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The potential roosting/nesting habitat within the Development Envelope is part of a continuous extent of the same habitat both with the Study Area and the wider area for which vegetation mapping was available (Figure 6.4). Examples of better potential roosting/nesting habitat were found outside the Study Area as detailed in the targeted survey for Night Parrot (Biota 2017); in Wanjarri Nature Reserve and where listening surveys sites MKS-NIPA-05, MKS-NIPA-06 and MKS- NIPA-08 were located (see Figure 6.4). Particularly MKS-NIPA-08 which was located within a large and relatively open area of low-medium dense spinifex grassland.

Using the broadest definition of potential roosting/nesting habitat as that containing spinifex, the wider area supports 55,430.7 ha, the Study Area supports 351.9 ha, and the Development Envelope intersects a much smaller subset of this (32.2 ha). This represents 0.06% of the occurrence of this habitat type in the wider area.

Habitat Assessment (Foraging): Spinifex would represent potential foraging habitat at times of seeding and may represent an important food source during times of breeding. Breeding has been found to occur opportunistically following large rainfall events in the best studied Night Parrot population in western Queensland (Murphy et al. 2017) and large rainfall events also give rise to mass seeding events in Triodia. Many Triodia species including the T. basedowii of the Study Area (Western Botanical 2017) form seed banks within the hummock and soil (Westoby et al. 1988) which may represent an ongoing food source in this habitat for the breeding birds. Therefore, the areas of potential roosting/nesting habitat have also been included in calculations of available foraging habitat.

Potential foraging habitat within the Study Area was defined using those vegetation units comprising areas of Wanderrie Bank grassy shrublands, spinifex shrublands, bluebush shrublands and chenopod plains (see Figure 3.2 for vegetation unit descriptions). These vegetation units occur broadly across the Study Area including within the Development Envelope (Figure 6.4). The Study Area was mapped as containing 981.2 ha of potential foraging habitat of which 490 ha is intersected by the Development Envelope, which represents 0.7% of its occurrence in the Wider Area.

Likelihood of Occurrence: Targeted surveying for the species comprised of 56 nights of automatic sound recording across nine sites (six within the Study Area and three in the Wider Area) in potential roosting/nesting habitat together with 9.7 hours of targeted listening surveys. No evidence of the Night Parrot was recorded.

The roosting/nesting habitat within the Study Area was considered to be marginally suitable for Night Parrot, and unlikely to support a resident population. Some potential feeding habitat is present in the Study Area, but it is widespread in the region and there are much better potential foraging locations elsewhere.

Consequently the likelihood of Occurrence of Night parrot was considered to be very low.

Risk Assessment: Risk to both roosting/nesting habitat and foraging habitat was assessed as low due to the small area of habitat to be impacted by the Proposal and its marginal suitability for Night Parrot. Assessing the Proposal against the EPBC Act Significant Impact Guidelines (Department of the Environment 2013), it was concluded that none of the significant impact criteria would be met, and the adverse effects on potential core (roosting/nesting) habitat are localised and minor in scale. As a result, the likely impacts to the Night Parrot arising from the action of implementing the Mt Keith Satellite Proposal do not appear to be significant.

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Plate 6.3: Example of spinifex habitat representing potential Night Parrot roosting habitat. Recorded from the transport corridor section of the Study Area (photo Geoff Cockerton).

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NightNight ParrotParrot potentialpotential habitatshabitats Location ASRASR locationslocations NightNight ParrotParrot potentialpotential habitatshabitats Map ListeningListeningListening locationlocationlocation DerivedDerived fromfrom vegetationvegetation mappingmapping Mount Keith Satellite Night Parrot KARRATHA StudyStudy areaarea Roosting/Nesting/ForagingRoosting/Nesting/Foraging Targeted Survey June 2017 ForagingForaging DevelopmentDevelopment envelopeenvelope ForagingForaging Map Area KALGOORLIE WanjarriWanjarri NatureNature ReserveReserve LandsystemLandsystemLandsystem mappingmappingmapping unitunitunit PERTH WanjarriWanjarri NatureNature ReserveReserve LandsystemLandsystem mappingmapping unitunit BullimoreBullimore WiderWider areaarea vegetationvegetation mappingmapping bdybdy Author: V Ford Drawn: P Sawers Job No.: 1307 Date: 5 July 2017 Revised: 21 Jul 2017 Projection: MGA Z51 (GDA94) Scale: 1:125,000 @ A4

Figure 6.4: Potential habitat for the Night Parrot in the Study Area and wider area together with targeted survey effort.

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6.2.3 Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) WC Act Schedule 3, EPBC Act Vulnerable

The Malleefowl was once broadly distributed across the southern half of the Australian continent, but has undergone significant range reduction over the past several decades. It is now restricted to the Southwest of Western Australia, and to southern areas of South Australia and New South Wales (Burbidge 2004, Garnett et al. 2011). Populations are scattered throughout the southern portion of mainland Australia with the largest section of contiguous habitat occurring east of the Wheatbelt in Western Australia. A large portion of suitable habitat in this region has been cleared for agriculture (Burbidge 2004).

Malleefowl are mainly found in the semi-arid and arid zones of Australia in mallee dominated shrublands or low woodlands (Benshemesh 2007). They feed on the seeds, flowers and fruits of shrubs as well as tubers, fungi and invertebrates (Garnett et al. 2011).

For breeding, they require a sandy substrate and abundant source of leaf litter to build a mound used to incubate their eggs (Benshemesh 2007). Malleefowl begin laying eggs at the start of September and continue to lay every 5–7 days until summer (Benshemesh 2007). Clutch size can be highly variable but on average, 15–20 eggs are laid (Garnett et al. 2011). This variation is thought to be related to food supply and the onset of hot weather conditions, which alters the length of the egg-laying season (Benshemesh 2007). Rainfall also influences the fecundity and survival of Malleefowl (Garnett et al. 2011). The chicks usually hatch between November and January and receive no parental care. They reach sexual maturity after 3–4 years and are able to breed for a period of 15 years (Benshemesh 2007).

Habitat assessment: Vegetation units comprising sandplains supporting Acacia species were mapped as potential core (nest building) habitat for nest the species. The distribution of habitat within the Study Area is illustrated in Figure 6.5 representing 197.2 ha in total while the area within the Development Envelope is 14.9 ha.

Likelihood of Occurrence: The Study Area occurs at the northern extreme of the Malleefowl distribution and records are sporadic. Records from both the DBCA and WA Museum confirm the presence of this species at Mt Keith and in the nearby Wanjarri Nature Reserve. Moriarty (1972) notes old mounds and tracks of this species in Wanjarri Nature Reserve, Roy Teale (Biota) recorded tracks in the reserve in 1997, and Kylie McKay (BHBP) recorded tracks in the reserve earlier in 2017. The species is also known from Yeelirrie (BCE 2015).

No records of the Malleefowl were found within the Study Area during the botanical mapping conducted by Western Botanical (Geoff Cockerton pers. comm. June 2017).

Risk Assessment: The risk the Proposal presents to the species is assessed as low, primarily based on the low likelihood of occurrence.

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Figure 6.5: Potential habitat for the Malleefowl in the Study Area and wider locality.

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6.2.4 Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) WC Act Schedule 7

Distribution: The Peregrine Falcon has an almost cosmopolitan distribution, but is absent from most deserts and the Nullarbor Plain (Johnstone and Storr 2004). The only subspecies in Australia (macropus) is widespread throughout Australia (Marchant and Higgins 1993) and is not considered as threatened by Garnett et al. (2011).

Ecology: This species inhabits a wide range of habitats including forest, woodlands, wetlands and open country (Pizzey and Knight 2007). Home ranges are probably defended year round and are variable in size, though not typically less than 480 ha (Marchant and Higgins 1993). The species typically nests on ledges in cliffs, granite outcrops and quarries, but also in hollow trees and in old nests constructed by other species such as Wedge-tailed Eagles and Ravens (Johnstone and Storr 2004). Breeding typically occurs between August and November (Johnstone and Storr 2004). Their diet consists almost exclusively of birds such as pigeons, parrots and passerines, which are captured in flight (Johnstone and Storr 2004). Mammals such as possums and rabbits have also been recorded as prey items (Marchant and Higgins 1993).

Habitat Assessment: Areas of potential habitat for the Peregrine Falcon within the Study Area and wider area were mapped from the occurrence of breakaway and watercourses as illustrated in Figure 6.6. Habitat for this species is widely occurring Proposal is unlikely to impact the status of the species. Vegetation units comprising breakaway (111.1 ha) and drainage tracts (339.9 ha) together comprise 451 ha within the Study Area while 36.3 ha (0.58 ha breakaway and 25.7 ha drainage line) of this is within the Development Envelope.

Likelihood of Occurrence: This species was recorded by Moriarty (1972), who reported seeing it occasionally in good seasons, and it has also been recorded over the Mt Keith mine office (Roy Teale, Biota, pers. obs.) and from the Barr Smith Range (BCE 2015). The species may periodically occur in the Study Area, particularly along drainage features and breakaways.

Risk Assessment: Very little core habitat for the species will be impacted by the Proposal and risk to it is therefore assessed as low.

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Figure 6.6: Potential habitat for the Peregrine Falcon within the Study Area and wider area.

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6.2.5 Princess Parrot (Polytelis alexandrae) DBCA Priority 4

Distribution: This species occupies the eastern deserts of Western Australia, extending into South Australia. There are records from as far west as Wiluna, Wanjarri Nature Reserve, Sandstone and Laverton.

Ecology: This highly nomadic species prefers lightly wooded habitat including open mallee/spinifex and open marble gum woodlands (Johnstone and Storr 2004). Its diet includes Triodia and wattle seeds, and it has also been observed feeding from Hakea and Grevillea (Johnstone and Storr 1998).

Habitat Assessment: Habitat availability for this species was assessed from the vegetation mapping of the Study Area. The vegetation units supporting Eucalypt woodland (EGPW), Mallee over spinifex (SAMA) and Hakea shrubland (GHPS) may represent potential habitat but very little occurs within the Study Area (Figure 3.4).

Likelihood of Occurrence: There has been one unconfirmed sighting of the Princess Parrot near Wanjarri Nature Reserve (Ms Leisa Turner, Environmental Advisor Mt Keith Operations, pers. comm. 2005). Moriarty (1972) collected one specimen from near the Wanjarri shearing shed in 1964. In multiple recent surveys, the species has not been recorded within the Study Area. The eucalypt- dominated woodlands preferred by the species for roosting and nesting are absent from the study area; however, Princess Parrots are highly nomadic and could occasionally utilise spinifex seeding events for foraging.

Risk Assessment: This species is considered to be absent from the Study Area, except for occasional incursions for foraging. The Proposal is expected to have no impact on the species.

6.2.6 Striated Grasswren (Amytornis striatus striatus) DBCA Priority 4

Distribution: This species occurs from the central arid zone of Western Australia to the southwestern Northern Territory and down through central South Australia, as well as in three small areas of Victoria and New South Wales.

Ecology: This subspecies occurs in Triodia-dominated habitat on sandy to loamy plains, where it feeds on insects and seeds, but may also be found in shrubby Acacia on dunes and inter-dunes. Typically occurring in pairs or family groups, the species can be locally common but is normally scarce to moderately common. Breeding occurs in March and April.

Likelihood of Occurrence: Both the DBCA and WA Museum database searches produced records of the Striated Grasswren from the vicinity of Mt Keith, including two from Wanjarri Nature Reserve. Moriarty (1972) considered the species “plentiful in Spinifex country”. Craig and Chapman (Craig and Chapman 2003) recorded a single individual from spinifex habitat in the Wanjarri Nature Reserve. BCE (2015) did not record this species during studies at Yeelirrie, however there are records from that area.

Habitat Assessment: Potential habitat was mapped as those vegetation units comprising sandplains with spinifex and shrubs (SAMU, SAWS and SAWA) as shown in Figure 6.7, 197.2 ha occur within the Study Area with 14.9 ha of this intersected by the Development Envelope.

Risk Assessment: As is illustrated in Figure 6.7, the habitat within the Study Area is much more widely distributed in surrounding areas and very little occurs within the Development Envelope and as a result the Proposal is assessed as representing low risk to the sub-species.

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Figure 6.7: Potential habitat for the Striated Grasswren within the Study Area and wider area

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6.3 Reptiles

No species of conservation significance have been recorded from the surveys of Mt Keith and the surrounds (ATA 2005a; Biota 2006a, 2006b, 2006c, unpublished data). The trapping effort across these surveyed areas tallies over 14,000 trap nights (including pits, funnels and Elliotts). There is one historical record of the Great Desert Skink (Liopholis kintorei) from Kathleen Station (approximately 8 km north of the Study Area).

6.3.1 Great Desert Skink (Liopholis kintorei) WC Act Schedule 3

Distribution: This species is patchily distributed in the Great Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert and Tanami Desert. The western extremity of its range approaches the Mt Keith area.

Ecology: Liopholis kintorei occurs in a variety of desert habitats on sandy, clay and loamy soils (Storr et al. 1999). Although poorly documented, it is known to inhabit burrow complexes, which (when active) can be identified by regular defecation sites (latrines).

Likelihood of Occurrence: Suitable habitat for this species is available throughout the Study Area. Both the DBCA and the WA Museum have a single record of an animal trapped at Kathleen Station. It is therefore possible that this species occurs in the Study Area, although this is considered unlikely.

Risk Assessment: This species is unlikely to occur and so risk presented to it by the Proposal has been assessed as low.

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7.0 Habitat Conservation Values

None of the fauna habitats within the Study Area are restricted to it, based on the broader distribution of vegetation communities and land system types (see Figure 5.1).

While Pringle et al. (1994) document the area of each land system and its distribution within the northeastern Goldfields, there is no equivalent mapping of habitat/vegetation units. Unfortunately, there is therefore little opportunity to determine regional context at the most useful scale in terms of classifying fauna habitats (i.e. the vegetation unit, or Site Type). However, an appraisal by Pringle et al. (1994), and a conservation assessment by van Vreeswyk (1995), provide some guidance as to the relative conservation significance of habitat types and land systems respectively.

Van Vreeswyk (1995) ascribed a conservation value (very high, high, moderate, low and very low) to land systems in the vicinity of Mt Keith according to cumulative scores across a range of contributing attributes (e.g. association with rare flora, whether it is reserved in the Wanjarri Nature Reserve, resource condition and extent of distribution). According to this classification, the conservation values of the land systems that are represented within the Study Area are as follows: • Moderate (52.1% of Study Area): Bevon, Bullimore, Sunrise, Violet, Wilson, Wyarri and Yanganoo; • Low (12.3% of Study Area): Ararak, Jundee, Monk and Nubev; and • Very low (35.6% of Study Area): Sherwood, Tiger and Windarra.

Van Vreeswyk (1995) also noted that these conservation classifications may alter depending on the weight given to other attributes, such as the occurrence of threatened fauna and their importance as refugia. For example, Craig and Chapman (2003) suggested that mulga groves (characteristic of the Monk and Bullimore land systems) may act as refugia during climactically harsh periods. These authors reiterated Morton’s (1990) opinion that degradation of these drought refugia may compromise the local persistence of species dependent on them (noting that Morton referred only to mammals). Craig and Chapman (2003) suggested that in relation to arid-zone avifauna conservation “…. there should be a strong focus in arid-zone management to conserve areas of groving and creekline mulga….”. It must be noted that the conservation of these mulga communities requires that the specific catchments are also conserved and that processes of drainage are not interrupted. In this way conservation efforts should be directed at a landscape function level and not based solely on an arbitrary classification of habitats.

The isolated area of groved mulga (GRMU) that is intersected by the transport corridor is the best example of this vegetation type in the locality, and is considered locally significant for vertebrate fauna, predominantly avifauna, based on the assessment above.

Whilst breakaways extend broadly throughout the region (e.g. the Barr Smith Range), they comprise narrow linear features and consequently occupy a comparatively small area. Within the Study Area, the breakaway features include the vegetation of the plateaux (i.e. BRX) as well as the plains immediately below (i.e. BCP). The discovery of Black-footed Rock-wallabies at a locality approximately 13.5 km to the west of the proposed transport corridor significantly increases the potential conservation value of this habitat type in the Study Area.

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8.0 Conclusions

Relative to the size of the Study Area, the level of past systematic survey has been intensive with all but one of the broad fauna habitats present (Hills and Slopes with Chenopod shrublands) having been sampled by multiple trapping sites. The intensity, type and cross-seasonality of the overall fauna sampling effort that has previously been expended exceeds the current recommended requirements of government policy (EPA and DEC 2010, EPA 2004). The likely fauna assemblage of the Study Area can therefore be confidently described both from surveys within the Study Area and also the fauna surveying conducted as part of the environmental impact assessment of the nearby Mt Keith Operations and historical sampling within the adjacent Wanjarri Nature Reserve.

The level of survey that has been expended locally and across the wider area is considered adequate to assess the likelihood of occurrence of conservation significant fauna within the Study Area. Furthermore, detailed vegetation mapping, both within the Study Area and extending into surrounding areas, has provided an uncommon opportunity to provide detailed assessment of habitat availability for species of conservation significance.

The two species of conservation significance where knowledge gaps did remain were also the subject of targeted surveying during 2017. The recent rediscovery of the Night Parrot in Western Australia has led to the development of an interim guidance for surveying of the species in WA (DPaW 2017). BHPB commissioned Biota to conduct targeted surveys for the Night Parrot to address the current lack of targeted sampling effort for the species. None were recorded within prospective habitats in the Study Area or the adjacent Wanjarri Nature Reserve.

Further survey work was also undertaken to determine whether the Black-footed Rock-wallaby record from the local area is relevant to the assessment of the Proposal, considering that there are no other records of the Schedule 2 subspecies from the region. Breakaway habitat occurring within the transport corridor section of the Study Area was searched for evidence of the rock- wallaby, but nothing was found. In addition, searches in breakaway habitat to the east and west of the known location revealed a lack of further Black-footed Rock-wallabies.

The findings of this review indicate that the Proposal presents a low risk of impacts on both the Night Parrot and Black-footed Rock-Wallaby.

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Search Results from Biota Database

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MAMMALS RALLIDAE TACHYGLOSSIDAE Black-tailed Native-hen Gallinula ventralis Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus OTIDIDAE DASYURIDAE Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis Woolley’s Pseudantechinus Pseudantechinus TURNICIDAE woolleyae Little Button-quail Turnix velox Brush-tailed Mulgara Dasycercus blythi* CHARADRIIDAE Wongai Ningaui Ningaui ridei Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor Kultarr Antechinomys laniger Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus Sminthopsis ooldea/dolichura? COLUMBIDAE Hairy-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis hirtipes Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera Long-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis longicaudata Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes Stripe-faced Dunnart Sminthopsis macroura Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata Ooldea Dunnart Sminthopsis ooldea Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata placida MACROPODIDAE PSITTACIDAE Euro Osphranter robustus Galah Cacatua roseicapilla Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus VESPERTILIONIDAE Australian Ringneck Platycercus zonarius Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi Mulga Parrot Platycercus varius Gould's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldii Bourke's Parrot Neophema bourkii Inland Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens balstoni Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus Inland Forest-bat Vespadelus baverstocki CUCULIDAE Finlayson’s Cave-bat Vespadelus finlaysoni Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus MURIDAE Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans Spinifex Hopping Mouse Notomys alexis Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis Bolam’s Mouse Pseudomys bolami AEGOTHELIDAE Desert Mouse Pseudomys desertor Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus Sandy Inland Mouse Pseudomys MEROPIDAE hermannsburgensis Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus House Mouse Mus musculus CLIMACTERIDAE CANIDAE White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis Dog/Dingo Canis lupus MALURIDAE FELIDAE Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens Cat Felis catus Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti LEPORIDAE White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Rufous-crowned Emu-wren Stipiturus ruficeps BOVIDAE ruficeps Cattle Bos taurus PARDALOTIDAE Goat Capra hircus Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus

ACANTHIZIDAE AVIFAUNA Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus CASUARIIDAE Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca fusca PHASIANIDAE Broad-tailed Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora Slaty-backed Thornbill Acanthiza robustirostris ANATIDAE Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Grey Teal Anas gracilis Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa MELIPHAGIDAE Hardhead Aythya australis Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta indistincta PODICIPEDIDAE Black Honeyeater Certhionyx niger Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus Pied Honeyeater Certhionyx variegatus poliocephalus Singing Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus australis Grey-fronted Honeyeater Lichenostomus plumulus PHALACROCORACIDAE White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris penicillatus ARDEIDAE White-fronted Honeyeater Phylidonyris albifrons Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis ACCIPITRIDAE Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus axillaris Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra PETROICIDAE melanosternon Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus didimus Hooded Robin Petroica cucullata Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus POMATOSTOMIDAE cirrocephalus Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis Little Eagle Aquila morphnoides morphnoides White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax superciliosus FALCONIDAE CINCLOSOMATIDAE Brown Falcon Falco berigora berigora Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotus Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides cenchroides Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma Australian Hobby Falco longipennis longipennis castaneothorax

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NEOSITTIDAE GEKKONIDAE Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera Gehyra variegata PACHYCEPHALIDAE Heteronotia binoei Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis PYGOPIDAE Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Delma butleri Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica Delma nasuta DICRURIDAE Lialis burtonis Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys Pygopus nigriceps Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca SPENOMORPHIDAE* CAMPEPHAGIDAE Ctenotus ariadnae Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina Ctenotus atlas novaehollandiae Ctenotus calurus Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima Ctenotus grandis White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor Ctenotus hanloni Ctenotus helenae ARTAMIDAE Ctenotus leonhardii Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus Ctenotus pantherinus Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus Little Woodswallow Artamus minor Ctenotus schomburgkii CRACTICIDAE Ctenotus uber uber Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Eremiascincus richardsonii Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis Lerista bipes Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen Lerista desertorum Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor Lerista rhodonoides Torresian Crow Corvus orru EUGONGYLIDAE* Little Crow Corvus bennetti Menetia greyii Australian Raven Corvus coronoides EGERNIIDAE* PTILONORHYNCHIDAE Egernia depressa Western Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus maculatus Liopholis inornata* HIRUNDINIDAE Tiliqua multifasciata White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca Tiliqua occipitalis leucosternus VARANIDAE Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Varanus brevicauda Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans Varanus caudolineatus Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel Varanus eremius SYLVIIDAE Varanus giganteus Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi Varanus gouldii Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis Varanus panoptes rubidus PASSERIDAE Varanus tristis tristis Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata TYPHLOPIDAE MOTACILLIDAE Anilios hamatus* Australian Pipit Anthus australis Anilios waitii* BOIDAE HERPETOFAUNA Antaresia stimsoni HYLIDAE ELAPIDAE Cyclorana maini Brachyurophis fasciolata Cyclorana platycephala Brachyurophis semifasciata Litoria rubella Furina ornata LIMNODYNASTIDAE Parasuta monachus Neobatrachus sp Pseudechis australis Notaden nichollsi Pseudonaja modesta AGAMIDAE Pseudonaja mengdeni* Ctenophorus caudicinctus mensarum Simoselaps bertholdi Ctenophorus isolepis gularis Suta fasciata Ctenophorus nuchalis Ctenophorus reticulatus MYGALOMORPHAE Ctenophorus salinarum ACTINOPODIDAE Ctenophorus scutulatus Missulena ‘MYG048’ Lophognathus longirostris Missulena ‘MYG049’ Moloch horridus BARYCHELIDAE Pogona minor minor Idiommata ‘sp. (female)’ Tympanocryptis cephala Mandjelia ‘MYG056’ DIPLODACTYLIDAE Synothele ‘MYG055’ Diplodactylus conspicillatus Synothele ‘MYG057’ Diplodactylus granariensis granariensis CTENIZIDAE Diplodactylus pulcher Cethegus ‘MYG050’ Diplodactylus squarrosus

Rhynchoedura ornata Strophurus elderi Strophurus strophurus Strophurus wellingtonae CARPHODACTYLIDAE Nephrurus laevissimus Nephrurus vertebralis

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IDIOPIDAE Aganippe ‘MYG014’ Aganippe ‘MYG015’ Aganippe ‘MYG017’ Aganippe ‘MYG019’ Aganippe ‘MYG020’ Eucyrtops ‘MYG016’ Eucyrtops ‘MYG029’ Eucyrtops ‘MYG032’ Gaius ‘sp. (female)’ Idiosoma nigrum NEMESIIDAE Aname ‘MYG030’ Aname ‘MYG031’ Aname ‘sp. (female)’ Aname tepperi Teyl ‘MYG025’ Teyl ‘MYG053’ THERAPHOSIDAE Selenotholus foelschei

* Species or taxonomic nomenclature that have undergone taxonomic changes since the Biota 2010 report.

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NatureMap Search Results

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NatureMap Species Report Created By Guest user on 16/05/2016 Search Area 'By Rectangle': 120° 14' 14'' E, 120° 57' 13'' E, 27° 45' 50'' S, 27° 07' 41'' S

Conservation Codes T - Rare or likely to become extinct X - Presumed extinct IA - Protected under international agreement S - Other specially protected fauna 1 - Priority 1 2 - Priority 2 3 - Priority 3 4 - Priority 4 5 - Priority 5 1 For NatureMap's purposes, species flagged as endemic are those whose records are wholely contained within the search area. Note that only those records complying with the search criterion are included in the calculation. For example, if you limit records to those from a specific datasource, only records from that datasource are used to determine if a species is restricted to the query area. NatureMap is a collaborative project of the Department of Parks and Wildlife and the Western Australian Museum.

MAMMALS Dasyuridae 276. 24087 Antechinomys laniger (Kultarr) 277. 30903 Dasycercus blythi (Brush-tailed Mulgara, Ampurta) P4 278. Dasycercus sp. 279. 24094 Ningaui ridei (Wongai Ningaui) 280. 24106 Pseudantechinus woolleyae (Woolley's Pseudantechinus) 281. 24108 Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Fat-tailed Dunnart) 282. 24109 Sminthopsis dolichura (Little long-tailed Dunnart) 283. 24114 Sminthopsis hirtipes (Hairy-footed Dunnart) 284. 24116 Sminthopsis macroura (Stripe-faced Dunnart) 285. 24117 Sminthopsis ooldea (Ooldea Dunnart) 286. Sminthopsis sp. Macropodidae 483. 25489 Macropus robustus (Euro) 484. 24135 Macropus robustus subsp. erubescens (Euro, Biggada) 485. 24136 Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo, Marlu) 486. 24142 Petrogale lateralis subsp. lateralis (Black-flanked Rock-wallaby, Black-footed Rockwallaby) T Muridae 532. 24223 Mus musculus (House Mouse) Y 533. 24224 Notomys alexis (Spinifex Hopping-mouse) 534. Notomys sp. 535. 24230 Pseudomys albocinereus (Ash-grey Mouse) 536. 24232 Pseudomys bolami (Bolam's Mouse) 537. 24235 Pseudomys desertor (Desert Mouse) 538. 24237 Pseudomys hermannsburgensis (Sandy Inland Mouse) Tachyglossidae 843. 24207 Tachyglossus aculeatus (Short-beaked Echidna) Molossidae 531. 24185 Tadarida australis (White-striped Freetail-bat) Vespertilionidae 884. 24186 Chalinolobus gouldii (Gould's Wattled Bat) 885. 24194 Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Lesser Long-eared Bat) 886. 24199 Scotorepens balstoni (Inland Broad-nosed Bat) 887. 24202 Vespadelus baverstocki (Inland Forest Bat) 888. 24203 Vespadelus caurinus (Western Cave Bat) 889. 24205 Vespadelus finlaysoni (Finlayson's Cave Bat) 890. 24206 Vespadelus regulus (Southern Forest Bat)

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AVIFAUNA Acanthizidae 2. Acanthiza (Geobasileus) uropygialis 3. Acanthiza (Milligania) robustirostris 4. 24260 Acanthiza apicalis (Broad-tailed Thornbill, Inland Thornbill) 5. 24261 Acanthiza chrysorrhoa (Yellow-rumped Thornbill) 6. 24264 Acanthiza robustirostris (Slaty-backed Thornbill) 7. 24265 Acanthiza uropygialis (Chestnut-rumped Thornbill) 8. 25528 Aphelocephala leucopsis (Southern Whiteface) 9. 24269 Calamanthus campestris (Rufous Fieldwren) 10. 25530 Gerygone fusca (Western Gerygone) 11. 24271 Gerygone fusca subsp. fusca (Western Gerygone) 12. 24278 Pyrrholaemus brunneus (Redthroat) 13. 30948 Smicrornis brevirostris (Weebill) Accipitridae 23. Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus subsp. cirrocephalus 24. 25535 Accipiter cirrocephalus (Collared Sparrowhawk) 25. 25536 Accipiter fasciatus (Brown Goshawk) 26. 24285 Aquila audax (Wedge-tailed Eagle) 27. 24289 Circus assimilis (Spotted Harrier) 28. 24295 Haliastur sphenurus (Whistling Kite) 29. Lophoictinia isura 30. 25542 Milvus migrans (Black Kite) Aegothelidae 31. 25544 Aegotheles cristatus (Australian Owlet-nightjar) Anatidae 62. 24312 Anas gracilis (Grey Teal) 63. 24316 Anas superciliosa (Pacific Black Duck) 64. 24322 Cygnus atratus (Black Swan) 65. 24331 Tadorna tadornoides (Australian Shelduck, Mountain Duck) Anhingidae 66. Anhinga novaehollandiae Ardeidae 70. 24341 Ardea pacifica (White-necked Heron) 71. Egretta novaehollandiae Artamidae 74. Artamus (Angroyan) minor subsp. minor 75. 25566 Artamus cinereus (Black-faced Woodswallow) 76. 24355 Artamus minor (Little Woodswallow) 77. 24356 Artamus personatus (Masked Woodswallow) Burhinidae 165. 24359 Burhinus grallarius (Bush Stone-curlew) Cacatuidae 167. Eolophus roseicapillus Campephagidae 172. 24361 Coracina maxima (Ground Cuckoo-shrike) 173. 25568 Coracina novaehollandiae (Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike) 174. 24362 Coracina novaehollandiae subsp. novaehollandiae (Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike) 175. 24367 Lalage tricolor (White-winged Triller) Caprimulgidae 178. 24368 Eurostopodus argus (Spotted Nightjar) Casuariidae 180. 24470 Dromaius novaehollandiae (Emu) Charadriidae 187. 24377 Charadrius ruficapillus (Red-capped Plover) 188. 24386 Vanellus tricolor (Banded Lapwing) Cinclosomatidae 243. Cinclosoma (Samuela) castaneothorax subsp. marginatum 244. 25580 Cinclosoma castaneothorax (Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush) 245. 24390 Psophodes occidentalis (Western Wedgebill, Chiming Wedgebill) Climacteridae 247. 25581 Climacteris affinis (White-browed Treecreeper) Columbidae 250. 24401 Geopelia cuneata (Diamond Dove) 251. 24407 Ocyphaps lophotes (Crested Pigeon) 252. 24409 Phaps chalcoptera (Common Bronzewing)

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Corvidae 260. 24416 Corvus bennetti (Little Crow) 261. 25593 Corvus orru (Torresian Crow) 262. Corvus sp. Cracticidae 263. 24420 Cracticus nigrogularis (Pied Butcherbird) 264. 25595 Cracticus tibicen (Australian Magpie) 265. 25596 Cracticus torquatus (Grey Butcherbird) Cuculidae 267. 42307 Cacomantis pallidus (Pallid Cuckoo) Dicruridae 288. 24443 Grallina cyanoleuca (Magpie-lark) 289. 25614 Rhipidura leucophrys (Willie Wagtail) Estrilidae 310. 30870 Taeniopygia guttata (Zebra Finch) Falconidae 386. 25621 Falco berigora (Brown Falcon) 387. 25622 Falco cenchroides (Australian Kestrel) 388. 25623 Falco longipennis (Australian Hobby) 389. 25624 Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon) S Halcyonidae 429. 42351 Todiramphus pyrrhopygius (Red-backed Kingfisher) 430. 25549 Todiramphus sanctus (Sacred Kingfisher) Hirundinidae 437. Cheramoeca leucosterna 438. 24491 Hirundo neoxena (Welcome Swallow) Maluridae 487. 25647 Amytornis striatus (Striated Grasswren) 488. 24539 Amytornis striatus subsp. striatus (Striated Grasswren (inland)) P4 489. Malurus (Musciparus) leucopterus subsp. leucopterus 490. 25651 Malurus lamberti (Variegated Fairy-wren) 491. 25652 Malurus leucopterus (White-winged Fairy-wren) 492. 25654 Malurus splendens (Splendid Fairy-wren) Megapodiidae 514. 24557 Leipoa ocellata (Malleefowl) T Meliphagidae 515. 24559 Acanthagenys rufogularis (Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater) 516. 24561 Anthochaera carunculata (Red Wattlebird) 517. Certhionyx (Certhionyx) variegatus 518. 24564 Certhionyx variegatus (Pied Honeyeater) 519. Epthianura (Parepthianura) tricolor 520. 24567 Epthianura albifrons (White-fronted Chat) 521. 24568 Epthianura aurifrons (Orange Chat) 522. 24570 Epthianura tricolor (Crimson Chat) 523. 42314 Gavicalis virescens (Singing Honeyeater) 524. 25661 Lichmera indistincta (Brown Honeyeater) 525. Manorina (Myzantha) flavigula 526. 24583 Manorina flavigula (Yellow-throated Miner) 527. Phylidonyris (Meliornis) novaehollandiae subsp. longirostris 528. 42344 Purnella albifrons (White-fronted Honeyeater) 529. 42310 Sugomel niger (Black Honeyeater) Meropidae 530. 24598 Merops ornatus (Rainbow Bee-eater) IA Neosittidae 581. Daphoenositta (Neositta) chrysoptera 582. Daphoenositta (Neositta) chrysoptera subsp. pileata 583. 25673 Daphoenositta chrysoptera (Varied Sittella) Otididae 590. 24610 Ardeotis australis (Australian Bustard) Pachycephalidae 591. Colluricincla (Colluricincla) harmonica 592. 25675 Colluricincla harmonica (Grey Shrike-thrush) 593. 24618 Oreoica gutturalis (Crested Bellbird) 594. 25680 Pachycephala rufiventris (Rufous Whistler) Pardalotidae 595. 24627 Pardalotus rubricatus (Red-browed Pardalote) 596. 25682 Pardalotus striatus (Striated Pardalote)

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Pelecanidae 611. 24648 Pelecanus conspicillatus (Australian Pelican) Petroicidae 614. Petroica (Petroica) goodenovii 615. 24659 Petroica goodenovii (Red-capped Robin) Phalacrocoracidae 616. 24667 Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Little Black Cormorant) Phasianidae 617. 24671 Coturnix pectoralis (Stubble Quail) Podargidae 655. 25703 Podargus strigoides (Tawny Frogmouth) Podicipedidae 656. 25705 Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Australasian Grebe, Black-throated Grebe) Pomatostomidae 659. Pomatostomus (Morganornis) superciliosus 660. 24683 Pomatostomus superciliosus (White-browed Babbler) 661. 25706 Pomatostomus temporalis (Grey-crowned Babbler) Psittacidae 694. Barnardius zonarius 695. Cacatua sp. 696. 24736 Melopsittacus undulatus (Budgerigar) 697. 24740 Neophema splendida (Scarlet-chested Parrot) 698. Neopsephotus bourkii 699. 24742 Nymphicus hollandicus (Cockatiel) 700. 24752 Polytelis alexandrae (Princess Parrot) P4 701. 30854 Polytelis anthopeplus subsp. westralis (Regent Parrot) Ptilonorhynchidae 710. Ptilonorhynchus guttatus subsp. guttatus Rallidae 716. 25727 Fulica atra (Eurasian Coot) 717. 24770 Porzana pusilla subsp. palustris (Baillon's Crake) 718. Tribonyx ventralis Recurvirostridae 719. 24774 Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (Banded Stilt) 720. 25734 Himantopus himantopus (Black-winged Stilt) 721. 24776 Recurvirostra novaehollandiae (Red-necked Avocet) Strigidae 838. 25748 Ninox novaeseelandiae (Boobook Owl) Sylviidae 841. 24833 Cincloramphus cruralis (Brown Songlark) 842. 24834 Cincloramphus mathewsi (Rufous Songlark) Threskiornithidae 859. 24845 Threskiornis spinicollis (Straw-necked Ibis) Turnicidae 866. 24851 Turnix velox (Little Button-quail)

HERPETOFAUNA Hylidae 439. 25375 Cyclorana maini (Sheep Frog) 440. 25376 Cyclorana platycephala (Water-holding Frog) 441. 25392 Litoria rubella (Little Red Tree Frog) Limnodynastidae 464. 25422 Neobatrachus aquilonius (Northern Burrowing Frog) 465. 25425 Neobatrachus kunapalari (Kunapalari Frog) 466. Neobatrachus sp. 467. 42303 Neobatrachus sudellae (Desert Trilling Frog) 468. 25427 Neobatrachus sutor (Shoemaker Frog) 469. 25428 Neobatrachus wilsmorei (Plonking Frog) Carphodactylidae 179. 24971 Nephrurus vertebralis Diplodactylidae 291. 24926 Diplodactylus conspicillatus (Fat-tailed Gecko) 292. 24930 Diplodactylus granariensis subsp. rex 293. 24940 Diplodactylus pulcher 294. 42415 Lucasium squarrosum

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295. 24982 Rhynchoedura ornata (Western Beaked Gecko) 296. 24927 Strophurus elderi 297. 24946 Strophurus strophurus 298. 24949 Strophurus wellingtonae Gekkonidae 401. 24958 Gehyra punctata 402. 24959 Gehyra variegata 403. 24961 Heteronotia binoei (Bynoe's Gecko) 404. 24983 Underwoodisaurus milii (Barking Gecko) Agamidae 32. 30833 Amphibolurus longirostris (Long-nosed Dragon) 33. 25458 Ctenophorus caudicinctus (Ring-tailed Dragon) 34. 24867 Ctenophorus caudicinctus subsp. infans (Ring-tailed Dragon) 35. 24869 Ctenophorus caudicinctus subsp. mensarum (Ring-tailed Dragon) 36. 24875 Ctenophorus isolepis subsp. gularis (Central Military Dragon) 37. 24882 Ctenophorus nuchalis (Central Netted Dragon) 38. 24886 Ctenophorus reticulatus (Western Netted Dragon) 39. 24888 Ctenophorus salinarum (Salt Pan Dragon) 40. 24889 Ctenophorus scutulatus (Lozenge-marked Dragon) 41. 24904 Moloch horridus (Thorny Devil) 42. 24907 Pogona minor subsp. minor (Dwarf Bearded Dragon) 43. 30814 Tympanocryptis cephalus (Pebble Dragon) Varanidae 869. 25210 Varanus brevicauda (Short-tailed Pygmy Monitor) 870. 25211 Varanus caudolineatus 871. 25212 Varanus eremius (Pygmy Desert Monitor) 872. 25216 Varanus giganteus (Perentie) 873. 25218 Varanus gouldii (Bungarra or Sand Monitor) 874. 25223 Varanus panoptes subsp. rubidus Scincidae 746. 25025 Ctenotus ariadnae 747. 25032 Ctenotus calurus 748. 25041 Ctenotus grandis subsp. grandis 749. 25045 Ctenotus helenae 750. 25052 Ctenotus leonhardii 751. 25064 Ctenotus pantherinus subsp. ocellifer (Leopard Ctenotus) 752. 25066 Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus 753. 25074 Ctenotus schomburgkii 754. Ctenotus sp. 755. 25092 Egernia depressa (Southern Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink) 756. 25094 Egernia formosa 757. 25109 Eremiascincus richardsonii (Broad-banded Sand Swimmer) 758. 25125 Lerista bipes 759. 25130 Lerista desertorum 760. 25155 Lerista muelleri 761. 42411 Lerista timida 762. 41411 Liopholis inornata (Desert Skink) 763. 41412 Liopholis kintorei (Great Desert Skink, Tjakura) T 764. 41417 Liopholis striata (Night Skink) 765. 25184 Menetia greyii 766. 25190 Morethia butleri 767. 25202 Tiliqua multifasciata (Central Blue-tongue) 768. 25203 Tiliqua occipitalis (Western Bluetongue) Pygopodidae 711. 24997 Delma butleri 712. 25001 Delma nasuta 713. 25003 Delma petersoni 714. 25005 Lialis burtonis 715. 25009 Pygopus nigriceps Boidae 149. 25448 Antaresia stimsoni (Stimson's Python) Elapidae 302. 25243 Acanthophis pyrrhus (Desert Death Adder) 303. 42381 Brachyurophis semifasciatus (Southern Shovel-nosed Snake) 304. 25254 Parasuta monachus 305. 25261 Pseudechis australis (Mulga Snake) 306. 42416 Pseudonaja mengdeni (Western Brown Snake) 307. 25263 Pseudonaja modesta (Ringed Brown Snake) 308. 25266 Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan's Banded Snake) 309. 25269 Suta fasciata (Rosen's Snake)

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INVERTEBRATES Barychelidae 147. Synothele longbottomi 148. Synothele meadhunteri Nemesiidae 578. Aname mainae 579. Aname tepperi 580. 33919 Kwonkan moriartii (trapdoor spider) P2 Y Theraphosidae 857. Selenotholus foelschei Buthidae 166. Isometroides vescus

Cube:Current:1194 (Nickelwest Level 1 Fauna):Documents:Yaka 2017 Report Expansion:1194 MKS Fauna Review Rev0.docx