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Pied Honeyeater - Broken Hill Complex: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Certhionyx variegatus
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerableexternal link
Commonwealth status: Not listedexternal link
Last updated: 09 Jun 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Pied Honeyeater is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Broken Hill Complex Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Barrier Range Known None
Barrier Range Outwash Known None
Mootwingee Downs Known None
Scopes Range Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Pied Honeyeater - Broken Hill Complex is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
    • Gibber Transition Shrublands
      • 197 Black Box - Gidgee - chenopod low open woodland wetland on alluvial clay soils in the Culgoa River region of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 118 Gidgee chenopod woodland on red-brown clays in the semi-arid (hot) climate zone mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion.
      • 131 Gidgee of the intermittent watercourses or the arid zone (mainly Channel Country Bioregion and Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields Bioregion)
      • 137 Whitewood - Western Rosewood low woodland of the NSW north western plains
    • North-west Plain Shrublands
      • 229 Derived mixed shrubland on loamy-clay soils in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 144 Leopardwood low woodland mainly on clayey soils in the semi-arid zone
      • 125 Mulga - Ironwood shrubland on loams and clays mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 264 Supplejack woodland of the NSW north-western semi-arid plains
      • 77 Yarran shrubland of the NSW central to northern slopes and plains
    • Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
      • 129 Cabbage-tree Wattle shrubland of the inland plains and drainage lines
      • 199 Hooked Needlewood - Needlewood - Mulga - Turpentine Bush open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid plains
      • 143 Narrow-leaved Hopbush - Scrub Turpentine - Senna shrubland on semi-arid and arid sandplains and dunes.
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    • Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
      • 127 Bastard Mulga tall open shrubland of the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
      • 60 Black Oak - Western Rosewood - bluebush/saltbush low sparse woodland on gravel downs in the arid climate zone
      • 169 Curly Mallee - bluebush open woodland of the arid zone
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  • Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
    • Aeolian Chenopod Shrublands
      • 153 Black Bluebush low open shrubland of the alluvial plains and sandplains of the arid and semi-arid zones
      • 152 Lunette chenopod shrubland mainly of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
      • 154 Pearl Bluebush low open shrubland of the arid and semi-arid plains
      • 151 Sandhill Cane Grass hummock grassland on siliceous sands on dune crests of the arid zone
    • Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
      • 155 Bluebush shrubland on stony rises and downs in the arid and semi-arid zones
      • 136 Prickly Wattle open shrubland of drainage lines on stony rises and plains of the arid climate zone
      • 210 Shrubby Twinleaf - saltbush open shrubland on silcrete scarps of the arid zone
    • Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
      • 196 Australian Boxthorn open shrubland in the semi-arid or arid climate zones
      • 195 Bladder Saltbush chenopod shrubland on alluvial plains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
      • 377 Copperburr low open shrubland on loam - clay flats and playas, western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and northern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
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  • Forested wetlands
    • Inland Riverine Forests
      • 10 River Red Gum - Black Box woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • 11 River Red Gum - Lignum very tall open forest or woodland wetland on floodplains of semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • 233 River Red Gum - Poplar Box grassy woodland wetland on Quaternary alluvial sandy-loam soils of the Cobar Peneplain
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  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Inland Floodplain Shrublands
      • 24 Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
      • 115 Eurah shrubland of inland floodplains
      • 161 Golden Goosefoot shrubland wetland in swamps of the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) zones
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  • Grassy woodlands
    • Floodplain Transition Woodlands
      • 56 Poplar Box - Belah woodland on clay-loam soils on alluvial plains of north-central NSW
      • 244 Poplar Box grassy woodland on alluvial clay-loam soils mainly in the temperate (hot summer) climate zone of central NSW (wheatbelt).
      • 82 Western Grey Box - Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine tall woodland on red loams mainly of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 80 Western Grey Box - White Cypress Pine tall woodland on loam soil on alluvial plains of NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
      • 70 White Cypress Pine woodland on sandy loams in central NSW wheatbelt
  • Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
    • Brigalow Clay Plain Woodlands
      • 35 Brigalow - Belah open forest / woodland on alluvial often gilgaied clay from Pilliga Scrub to Goondiwindi, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 31 Brigalow - Gidgee open woodland on clay plains west of the Culgoa River, Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 29 Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
    • Inland Floodplain Woodlands
      • 13 Black Box - Lignum woodland wetland of the inner floodplains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • 630 Black Box - Silver Saltbush chenopod open woodland on terrace rises on alluvial plains in the lower Darling River and lower Murray River region of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
      • 16 Black Box grassy open woodland wetland of rarely flooded depressions in south western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
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    • North-west Floodplain Woodlands
      • 55 Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
      • 38 Black Box low woodland wetland lining ephemeral watercourses or fringing lakes and clay pans of semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
      • 37 Black Box woodland wetland on NSW central and northern floodplains including the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
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    • Riverine Plain Woodlands
      • 27 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 26 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
  • Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Desert Woodlands
      • 100 Desert Bloodwood - Mulga low woodland of the semi-arid plains
      • 133 Western Bloodwood - Whitewood low open woodland on Tibooburra Granite
    • Dune Mallee Woodlands
      • 172 Deep sand mallee of irregular dunefields of the semi-arid (warm) zone
      • 191 Snap and Rattle Mallee - Moonah open mallee shrubland in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
      • 171 Spinifex linear dune mallee mainly of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
    • Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
      • 186 Dwyer's Red Gum - Black Cypress Pine - Currawang shrubby low woodland on rocky hills mainly in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 257 Dwyer's Red Gum - Currawang grassy low woodland of the central western plains of NSW
      • 188 Dwyer's Red Gum - Quinine Tree open woodland on igneous intrusive hills of the Macquarie River floodplain (NSW)
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    • North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
      • 71 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - River Red Gum - bloodwood tall woodland on sandy loam alluvial and eolian soils in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
      • 376 Mixed scrub low open woodland on sand rises and dunes on floodplains in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
      • 20 Buloke - Moonah - Black Box open woodland on sandy rises of semi arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • 22 Semi-arid shrubby Buloke - Slender Cypress Pine woodland, far south-western NSW
      • 21 Slender Cypress Pine - Sugarwood - Western Rosewood open woodland on sandy rises mainly in the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
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    • Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
      • 142 Broombush shrubland in the mallee landscapes of the temperate and semi-arid (warm) climate zones
      • 170 Chenopod sandplain mallee woodland/shrubland of the arid and semi-arid (warm) zones
      • 174 Mallee - Gum Coolabah woodland on red earth flats of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
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    • Semi-arid Sand Plain Woodlands
      • 59 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Leopardwood low open woodland on sandplain and sandy flats in semi arid (hot) and arid climate zones
      • 221 Black Oak - Pearl Bluebush open woodland of the sandplains of the semi-arid warm and arid climate zones
      • 58 Black Oak - Western Rosewood open woodland on deep sandy loams mainly in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
      • 252 Sugarwood open woodland of the inland plains mainly Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
    • Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
      • 117 Buck Spinifex shrubby hummock grassland / Coolabah Apple - Silver-leaved Ironbark open woodland on deep sand in the Enngonia to Cumborah regions, north western NSW
      • 192 Silver-leaved Ironbark - Poplar Box +/- Ironwood shrub - grass woodland on rises in the north-western plains of NSW
      • 146 Whitewood low open woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and north-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • Western Peneplain Woodlands
      • 108 Gum Coolabah - Mulga open woodland on gravel ridges of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 134 Ironwood woodland of the semi-arid plains
      • 245 Pine - Belah low open woodland of the western Cobar Peneplain and northern Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
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