Nature conservation

Threatened species

Scarlet-chested Parrot - Broken Hill Complex: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Neophema splendida
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 05 Oct 2023

Distribution of the species within this region

The Scarlet-chested Parrot 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 Predicted None
Barrier Range Outwash Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Scarlet-chested Parrot - 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.

  • Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
    • 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
    • Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
      • 170 Chenopod sandplain mallee woodland/shrubland of the arid and semi-arid (warm) zones
      • 190 Mallee Box open woodland mainly in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion