Thick-billed Grasswren (north-west NSW subspecies) - Mulga Lands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Amytornis modestus obscurior

Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered

Commonwealth status: Critically Endangered

Last updated: 14 Oct 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Thick-billed Grasswren (north-west NSW subspecies) is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Mulga Lands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
White Cliffs Plateau	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Thick-billed Grasswren (north-west NSW subspecies) - Mulga Lands 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
  - 222 Low Bluebush - Bladder Saltbush open shrubland of the arid zone
- Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
  - 155 Bluebush shrubland on stony rises and downs in the arid and semi-arid zones

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