Purple-crowned Lorikeet - Murray Darling Depression: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Glossopsitta porphyrocephala

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 18 Oct 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Purple-crowned Lorikeet is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Murray Darling Depression Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
South Olary Plain	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Purple-crowned Lorikeet - Murray Darling Depression is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
  - 4151 Northwest White Pine-Silver-leaved Ironbark Forest
  - 3524 Ulan Plutonic Hills Dry Forest
  - 3525 Upper Hunter Box-Blakelys Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3527 Western Hunter Broombush Grassy Scrub
  - 3528 Western Hunter Flats Apple-Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3532 Western Hunter Ironbark-Box Forest
  - 3529 Western Hunter Sandy Colluvial Gully Forest
  - 3530 Western Hunter Sandy Riparian Red Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3531 Western Hunter Trachyte Spinifex Forest
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- Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3449 Far South Escarpment Stringybark-Gum Forest
  - 3450 Far South Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3451 Far South Sheltered Monkey Gum Forest
  - 3452 Southeast Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3453 Southeast Scarp Maidens Gum Forest
- Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3533 Avisford Sandstone Moist Sheltered Forest
  - 3534 Central West Stony Hills Stringybark-Box Forest
  - 3535 Central West Stony Ranges Pine-Ironbark Forest
  - 4152 Central West Tumbledown Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3536 Mudgee Ranges Stony Slopes Shrub Forest
  - 3537 Murrumbidgee Currawang Rocky Shrubland
  - 293 Nortons Box shrubby low woodland on sandstone and conglomerate escarpments in the far southern part of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
  - 3538 Snowy Gorge White Box-Pine Woodland
  - 3539 Southwest Foothills Red Box-Stringybark Forest
  - 3540 Southwest Foothills Stringybark-Box Grassy Forest
  - 3541 Southwest Ranges Stringybark Exposed Forest
  - 3542 Southwest Ranges Stringybark-Box Sheltered Forest
  - 3543 Southwest Rockplate Shrub Woodland
  - 269 White Box - Blakely's Red Gum - Red Box - Red Stringybark shrubby woodland on shallow soils on metamorphic hills in the Albury region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
  - 3182 Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
  - 3183 Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3184 Far South Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - 3185 Far South Riverflat Wet Forest
  - 3186 Far South Sandflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - 3187 Shoalhaven Hinterland Peppermint Wet Gully Forest
  - 3189 South Coast Gully Shrub Forest
  - 3190 South Coast Hinterland Monkey Gum Wet Fern Forest
  - 3191 South Coast Ranges Moist Gully Forest
  - 3188 South Coast Riverflat Peppermint Forest
  - 3192 South Coast Riverflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - 3193 South Coast Stringybark-Monkey Gum Wet Forest
  - 3194 Southeast Escarpment Flats Swamp Gum Forest
  - 3196 Southeast Hinterland Intermediate Shrub Forest
  - 3197 Southeast Hinterland Monkey Gum Moist Shrub Forest
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- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3642 Brogo Scarp Mallee Scrub
  - 3643 Bungonia Tableland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
  - 3644 Coondella Rhyolite Shrub Woodland
  - 3645 Deua Rocky Slopes Woila Gum Woodland
  - 3646 Far South Coastal Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3648 Far South Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3649 Far South Lowland Depressions Shrub Forest
  - 3650 Goulburn-Lithgow Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3651 Gourock Range Peppermint-Ash Shrub Forest
  - 3652 Gulaga Rocky Scrub
  - 3653 Kanangra Peaks Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3655 South Coast Escarpment Rocky Scrub
  - 3656 South Coast Foothills Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3657 South Coast Foothills Monkey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3658 South Coast Hinterland Bloodwood Forest
  - 3659 South Coast Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3660 South Coast Hinterland Yellow Stringybark Forest
  - 3661 South Coast Hinterland Yertchuk Forest
  - 3662 South Coast Lowland Blackbutt Forest
  - 3663 Southeast Foothills Stringybark Shrub Forest
  - 3664 Southeast Foothills Woollybutt Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3665 Southeast Hinterland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
  - 3666 Southeast Mountain Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3667 Southern Highlands Enriched Sandstone Forest
  - 3668 Southern Highlands Scribbly Gum Forest
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- Southern Wattle Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3669 Brogo Wattle Scrub
  - 3670 Snowy Gorge Currawang Shrub Woodland
  - 3671 Snowy Gorge Wattle Scrub
- Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 4153 Central West Tumbledown Gum-Pine Shrub Forest
  - 3753 Dunedoo Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Forest
  - 3754 Durridgere Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - 3776 Goulburn River Grassy Mallee Scrub
  - 3785 Goulburn River Ironbark Shrub Forest
  - 3780 Goulburn River Ironbark-Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - 3756 Gulgong Ranges Stringybark-Ironbark Forest
  - 3757 Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Scrubby Low Forest
  - 3758 Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Wattle Scrub
  - 3759 Hunter Escarpment Wattle Scrub
  - 3760 Munghorn Sandstone Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3762 Northern Wollemi Rocky Stringybark Forest
  - 3761 Northwest Felsic Rocky Gum Woodland
  - 3763 Northwest Wollemi Colluvial Apple Forest
  - 3765 Ulan Granite Scrub
  - 3766 Ulan Sandstone Damp Shrubland
  - 3781 Ulan Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Woodland
  - 3767 Upper Hunter Escarpment Colluvial Ironbark Forest
  - 3768 Upper Hunter Ranges Enriched Ironbark Forest
  - 3769 Upper Hunter Sandstone Stringybark-Ironbark Forest
  - 3770 Western Blue Mountains Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3771 Western Hunter Broombush Mallee Shrubland
  - 3772 Western Hunter Caleys Ironbark Low Forest
  - 3773 Western Hunter Currawang Low Forest
  - 3774 Western Hunter Dwyers Red Gum-Pine Woodland
  - 3775 Western Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3777 Western Hunter Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3778 Western Hunter Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3782 Western Hunter Rockplate Micromyrtus Heath
  - 3783 Western Hunter Rocky Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - 3784 Western Hunter Rocky Scrub
  - 3786 Western Hunter Scribbly Gum-Pine Woodland
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Forested wetlands
- Inland Riverine Forests
  - 4089 Namoi-Upper Hunter River Red Gum Forest
  - 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)
  - 9 River Red Gum - wallaby grass tall woodland wetland on the outer River Red Gum zone mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
  - 8 River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - Couch Grass riparian tall woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 7 River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - herbaceous riparian tall open forest wetland mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
  - 5 River Red Gum herbaceous-grassy very tall open forest wetland on inner floodplains in the lower slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and the eastern Riverina Bioregion.
  - 249 River Red Gum swampy woodland wetland on cowals (lakes) and associated flood channels in central NSW
  - 2 River Red Gum-sedge dominated very tall open forest in frequently flooded forest wetland along major rivers and floodplains in south-western NSW
  - 4088 Southwest Riverflat Red Gum Forest
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Freshwater wetlands
- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - 3391 Munghorn Seepage Wet Herbfield

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3269 Shoalhaven Lowland Spotted Gum-Paperbark Forest
- Floodplain Transition Woodlands
  - 74 Yellow Box - River Red Gum tall grassy riverine woodland of NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
- Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
  - 3376 Southern Tableland Grassy Box Woodland
- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
  - 3386 Capertee Marl Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3387 Central West Creekflat Grassy Woodland
  - 3404 Central West Flats Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3405 Central West Flats Inland Grey Box Grassy Forest
  - 3388 Central West Valleys White Box Forest
  - 3389 Honeysuckle Range Serpentinite Outcrop Woodland
  - 3390 Liverpool Range Red Gum-Yellow Box Forest
  - 3393 Northwest Basalt Box Plains Grass Woodland
  - 3394 Northwest Basalt Grassland-Woodland Complex
  - 3395 Northwest Elevated White Box Woodland
  - 3398 Northwest Slopes Box-Apple Woodland
  - 3396 Northwest Slopes Box-Blakelys Red Gum Woodland
  - 4147 Northwest White Box Sparse Grassy Woodland
  - 3397 Northwest Yellow Box Grassy Woodland
  - 3399 Southwest Hills White Box-Blakelys Red Gum Forest
  - 3406 Southwest Ranges White Box Woodland
  - 3400 Southwest Slopes Box-Blakelys Red Gum Grassy Woodland
  - 3401 Upper Hunter Sheltered Viney Shrub Forest
  - 3402 Western Blue Mountains White Box Forest
  - 3403 Western Hunter Creekflat Apple Grassy Forest
  - 266 White Box grassy woodland in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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Heathlands
- South Coast Heaths
  - 3815 Eurobodalla Headland Heath
  - 3816 Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath
  - 3817 Mount Nadgee Heath
- Southern Montane Heaths
  - 4163 Mount Gibraltar Melaleuca Heath

Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- Riverine Plain Woodlands
  - 4104 Central Hunter Weeping Myall Forest

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
- Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
  - 86 Yellow Gum tall woodland of the Murray River floodplain, Riverina Bioregion
- Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
  - 170 Chenopod sandplain mallee woodland/shrubland of the arid and semi-arid (warm) zones

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3310 Gulaga Silvertop Ash Moist Forest
  - 3311 Southeast Escarpment Ash Forest
- Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3266 Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest
  - 3267 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
  - 3268 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine-Ironbark Moist Forest
  - 3270 Shoalhaven Lowland Wet Gully Forest
  - 3271 Shoalhaven Spotted Gum-Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3272 South Coast Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - 3273 South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
  - 3275 South Coast Spotted Gum Cycad Dry Forest
  - 3274 South Coast Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3276 South Coast Stringybark Cycad Exposed Forest
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- Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3198 Western Blue Mountains Creekline Paperbark Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3212 Far South Escarpment Damp Flats Forest
  - 3218 Southeast High Mountain Wet Layered Forest
  - 3219 Southeast Mountain Wet Fern Forest
  - 3220 Southeast Tableland Ranges Brown Barrel Fern Forest
  - 3221 Southern Escarpment Messmate Forest
  - 3222 Southern Highlands Shale Margins Moist Forest
  - 3223 Southern Highlands Shale-Basalt Wet Forest
  - 3224 Southern Highlands Swamp Forest
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