APPENDIX 4 Fauna species of conservation significance recorded and potentially occurring within Frances Creek area (MBS Environmental, 2006a)

Fauna Species Recorded in NT Status Federal IUCN Site Specific Status Status Surveys Mammals Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat Data Deficient Critically Least (Saccolaimus saccolaimus Endangered Concern nudicuniatus) Northern Quoll Vulnerable Endangered Near

(Dasyurus hallucatus) Threatened Calaby’s Pebble-mound Near Rare Mouse 9 Threatened (Pseudomys calabyi) Nabarlek, Little Rock Wallaby Near Near

(Petrogale concinna) Threatened Threatened Brush-tailed Phascogale Vulnerable Near

(Phascogale tapoatafa) Threatened White-striped Sheathtail Bat Near Vulnerable Arnhem Sheathtail Bat 9 Threatened (Taphozous kapalgensis) Ghost Bat Near Vulnerable 9 (Macroderma gigas) Threatened Lesser Wart-nosed Horseshoe Near Near Bat Threatened Threatened (Hipposideros stenotis) Western Chestnut Mouse Near Near 9 (Pseudomys nanus) Threatened Threatened Pale Field-rat Near Near 9 (Rattus tunneyi) Threatened Threatened Northern Nailtail Wallaby Near Least

(Onychogalea unguifera) Threatened Concern Orange Horseshoe-bat Near Orange Leaf-nosed Bat Threatened 9 (Rhinonicterus aurantius)

Reptiles Freshwater Crocodile Listed Least (Crocodylus johnstoni) 9 Marine Concern Species Fauna Species Recorded in NT Status Federal IUCN Site Specific Status Status Surveys

Saltwater Crocodile Migratory Least Concern (Crocodylus porosus) Listed Marine Species Oenpelli Python Vulnerable

(Morelia oenpelliensis) Chameleon Dragon Near

(Chelosania brunnea) Threatened Northern Death Adder Near

(Acanthopis praelongus) Threatened Yellow Spotted Monitor Near

(Varanus panoptes) Threatened Fish Freshwater Sawfish Vulnerable Critically

(Pristis microdon) Endangered Birds Gouldian Finch Endangered Endangered Endangered

(Erythrura gouldiae) Red Goshawk Vulnerable Vulnerable Vulnerable

(Erythrotriorchis radiatus) Partridge Pigeon Near Vulnerable Near 9 (Geophaps smithii) Threatened Threatened Masked Owl Near Vulnerable Least

(Tyto novaehollandiae) Threatened Concern White-browed Robin Near Migratory

(Eopsaltria cucullata) Threatened Cattle Egret Migratory Least

(Ardea ibis) Concern Fork-tailed Swift Migratory Least

(Apus pacificus) Concern Little Curlew Migratory Least

(Numenius minutus) Concern Melville Cicadabird Migratory Least (Coracina tenuirostris Concern melvillensis) Oriental Plover Migratory Least

(Charadrius veredus) Concern Oriental Pratincole Migratory Least (Glareola maldivarum) Concern Fauna Species Recorded in NT Status Federal IUCN Site Specific Status Status Surveys

Rainbow Bee-eater Migratory Least 9 (Merops ornatus) Concern Rufous Fantail Migratory Least

(Rhipidura rufifrons) Concern White Egret Migratory Least 9 (Ardea alba) Concern White-bellied Sea-Eagle Migratory

(Haliaetus leucogaster) Magpie Goose Listed Least (Anseranas semipalmata) 9 Marine Concern Species Australian Bustard Vulnerable Near

(Ardeotis australis) Threatened Emu Vulnerable Least

(Dromaius novaehollandiae) Concern Bush Thick-knee Near 9 (Burhinus magnirostris). Threatened Hooded Parrot Near Least

(Psephotus dissimilis) Threatened Concern Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Near Least 9 (Calyptorhynchus banksii) Threatened Concern Square-tailed Kite Near Least

(Lophoictinia isura) Threatened Concern Star Finch Near 9 (Neochmia ruficauda) Threatened Yellow-rumped Mannikin Near Least

(Lonchura flaviprymna) Threatened Concern