Nature conservation

Threatened species

Redthroat - Broken Hill Complex: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Pyrrholaemus brunneus
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 01 Dec 2017

Distribution of the species within this region

The Redthroat 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 Redthroat - 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 (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
      • 225 Bladder Saltbush low open chenopod shrubland of the Strzelecki dunefields of the arid climate zone
      • 222 Low Bluebush - Bladder Saltbush open shrubland of the arid zone
      • 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
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    • Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
      • 156 Bladder Saltbush shrubland on stony plains and downs of the arid zone
      • 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
    • Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
      • 195 Bladder Saltbush chenopod shrubland on alluvial plains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
      • 163 Dillon Bush (Nitre Bush) shrubland of the semi-arid and arid zones
      • 158 Old Man Saltbush - mixed chenopod shrubland of the semi-arid hot (persistently dry) and arid climate zones (north-western NSW)
      • 159 Old Man Saltbush shrubland mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (south western NSW)
  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Inland Floodplain Shrublands
      • 24 Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
      • 17 Lignum shrubland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) plains (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • 25 Lignum shrubland wetland on floodplains and depressions of the Mulga Lands Bioregion, Channel Country Bioregion in the arid and semi-arid (hot) climate zones
      • 247 Lignum shrubland wetland on regularly flooded alluvial depressions in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion