Last updated:
14 Oct 2024
Distribution of the species within this region
The Blue-winged Parrot is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the
Darling Riverine Plains Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.
Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Blue-winged Parrot - Darling Riverine Plains 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
- North-west Plain Shrublands
- 229 Derived mixed shrubland on loamy-clay soils in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 125 Mulga - Ironwood shrubland on loams and clays mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
- 139 Prickly Wattle tall open shrubland of dunes and sandplains of semi-arid and arid regions
- 124 Sandhill Wattle open shrubland on sand ridges mainly in the arid zone
- 119 Sandplain Mulga tall shrubland - open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid climate zones
- 215 Woollybutt Grass open grassland on red earths of the inland plains
- Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
- 123 Mulga - Dead Finish on stony hills mainly of the Channel Country Bioregion and Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
- Forested wetlands
- Inland Riverine Forests
- 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)
- 7 River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - herbaceous riparian tall open forest wetland mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
- 2 River Red Gum-sedge dominated very tall open forest in frequently flooded forest wetland along major rivers and floodplains in 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)
- 160 Nitre Goosefoot shrubland wetland on clays of the inland floodplains
- Inland Floodplain Swamps
- 182 Cumbungi rushland wetland of shallow semi-permanent water bodies and inland watercourses
- 53 Shallow freshwater wetland sedgeland in depressions on floodplains on inland alluivial plains and floodplains
- 12 Shallow marsh wetland of regularly flooded depressions on floodplains mainly in the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
- Grasslands
- Maritime Grasslands
- 3410 Spinifex Strandline Grassland
- Riverine Plain Grasslands
- 46 Curly Windmill Grass - speargrass - wallaby grass grassland on alluvial clay and loam on the Hay Plain, Riverina Bioregion
- 44 Forb-rich Speargrass - Windmill Grass - White Top grassland of the Riverina Bioregion
- 45 Plains Grass grassland on alluvial mainly clay soils in the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
- 43 Mitchell Grass grassland - chenopod low open shrubland on floodplains in the semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
- Saline wetlands
- Inland Saline lakes
- 166 Disturbed annual saltbush forbland on clay plains and inundation zones mainly of south-western NSW
- 253 Gypseous shrubland on rises in the semi-arid and arid plains
- 65 Halosarcia lylei low, open shrubland saline wetland of arid and semi-arid regions
- Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- 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)
- 15 Black Box open woodland wetland with chenopod understorey mainly on the outer floodplains in south-western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
- North-west Floodplain Woodlands
- 39 Coolabah - River Coobah - Lignum woodland wetland of frequently flooded floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- 40 Coolabah open woodland wetland with chenopod/grassy ground cover on grey and brown clay floodplains
- 207 Poplar Box grassy low woodland of drainage lines and depressions of the semi-arid (hot) and arid zone climate zones
- 41 River Red Gum open woodland wetland of intermittent watercourses mainly of the arid climate zone
- Riverine Plain Woodlands
- 26 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion