Last updated:
01 Dec 2017
Distribution of the species within this region
The Black-breasted Buzzard 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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Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Black-breasted Buzzard - 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.
- 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
- 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
- Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
- 196 Australian Boxthorn open shrubland in the semi-arid or arid climate zones
- 254 Black Oak - Bladder Saltbush on light clays in the arid zone
- 216 Black Roly Poly low open shrubland of the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
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- Forested wetlands
- Eastern Riverine Forests
- 84 River Oak - Rough-barked Apple - red gum - box riparian tall woodland (wetland) of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
- 1270 Tea-tree shrubland of drainage areas of the slopes and tablelands
- Inland Riverine Forests
- 356 Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 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)
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- 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
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- Inland Floodplain Swamps
- 181 Common Reed - Bushy Groundsel aquatic tall reedland grassland wetland of inland river systems
- 238 Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
- 416 Pilliga tank gilgai wetland sedgeland rushland, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Montane Bogs and Fens
- Grasslands
- Riverine Plain Grasslands
- 46 Curly Windmill Grass - speargrass - wallaby grass grassland on alluvial clay and loam on the Hay Plain, Riverina Bioregion
- 165 Derived corkscrew grass grassland/forbland on sandplains and plains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
- 1203 Speargrass natural grassland of the sandplains of the Murray Darling Bioregion
- Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
- 50 Couch Grass grassland wetland on river banks and floodplains of inland river systems
- 242 Rats Tail Couch sod grassland wetland of inland floodplains
- Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Highly disturbed areas with no or limited native vegetation
- 99997 Highly disturbed areas - road verges, table drains, road embankments, ploughed paddocks etc.
- Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
- 99993 Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
- 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
- Saline wetlands
- Inland Saline lakes
- 166 Disturbed annual saltbush forbland on clay plains and inundation zones mainly of south-western NSW
- 18 Slender Glasswort low shrubland in saline wetland depressions in the semi-arid and arid climate zones, far western NSW
- 63 Spiny Lignum - Slender Glasswort open forbland sailine wetland on lake edges in the semi-arid and arid climate zones
- 263 Submerged flora of saline permanent wetland of the arid zone
- 262 Submerged flora of saline temporary wetland of the arid zone
- Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- Brigalow Clay Plain Woodlands
- 629 Brigalow - Bladder Saltbush open woodland to tall open shrubland in the Come-By-Chance region, Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 31 Brigalow - Gidgee open woodland on clay plains west of the Culgoa River, Mulga Lands Bioregion
- 29 Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
- 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)
- 630 Black Box - Silver Saltbush chenopod open woodland on terrace rises on alluvial plains in the lower Darling River and lower Murray River region of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- 16 Black Box grassy open woodland wetland of rarely flooded depressions in south western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
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- North-west Floodplain Woodlands
- 55 Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
- 38 Black Box low woodland wetland lining ephemeral watercourses or fringing lakes and clay pans of semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
- 37 Black Box woodland wetland on NSW central and northern floodplains including the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
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- 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
- 171 Spinifex linear dune mallee mainly of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
- 206 Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall woodland of alluvial sand (sand monkeys) in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
- 20 Buloke - Moonah - Black Box open woodland on sandy rises of semi arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
- 21 Slender Cypress Pine - Sugarwood - Western Rosewood open woodland on sandy rises mainly in the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- 28 White Cypress Pine open woodland of sand plains, prior streams and dunes mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
- 23 Yarran tall open shrubland of the sandplains and plains of the semi-arid (warm) and arid climate zones
- 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
- Semi-arid Sand Plain Woodlands
- 57 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Wilga woodland of central NSW including the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 221 Black Oak - Pearl Bluebush open woodland of the sandplains of the semi-arid warm and arid climate zones
- 58 Black Oak - Western Rosewood open woodland on deep sandy loams mainly in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- 252 Sugarwood open woodland of the inland plains mainly Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- Western Peneplain Woodlands
- 135 Coobah - Western Rosewood low open tall shrubland or woodland mainly on outwash areas in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
- 103 Poplar Box - Gum Coolabah - White Cypress Pine shrubby woodland mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 98 Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine - Wilga - Ironwood shrubby woodland on red sandy-loam soils in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 105 Poplar Box grassy woodland on flats mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- 72 White Cypress Pine - Poplar Box woodland on footslopes and peneplains mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion