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Threatened species

Rufous Scrub-bird - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Atrichornis rufescens
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Endangered
Last updated: 10 Nov 2023

Distribution of the species within this region

The Rufous Scrub-bird is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the NSW North Coast Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Barrington Known None
Carrai Plateau Known Above 600 m altitude
Chaelundi Known Above 600 m altitude
Coffs Coast and Escarpment Known Above 600 m altitude
Comboyne Plateau Known Above 600 m altitude
Dalmorton Known None
Macleay Hastings Known Above 600 m altitude
Upper Manning Known Above 600 m altitude
Washpool Known Above 600 m altitude

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Rufous Scrub-bird - NSW North Coast is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3926 Barrington Granodiorite Subalpine Swamp Woodland
      • 3927 Barrington Subalpine Swamp Meadow
      • 3934 Eastern New England Granite Wet Heath
      • 3935 Eastern New England Rocky Riparian Scrub
      • 3936 Ebor Basalt Wet Heath
      • 4164 New England Peppermint Swamp Margin Woodland
      • 3944 New England Tableland Carex Fens
      • 3937 Northern Escarpment Granitoid Wet Heath
      • 3947 Northern Escarpment Montane Swamp Forest
      • 4136 Timbarra Granite Mallee Wet Heath
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  • Heathlands
    • Northern Montane Heaths
      • 3818 Barool Tea-tree-Bottlebrush Rocky Scrub
      • 3819 Bellinger Escarpment Rockplate Mallee Heath
      • 3822 Carrai Slopes Rocky Scrub
      • 3827 Eastern New England Leucogranite Mallee Scrub
      • 3848 Eastern New England Rock Oak Heath
      • 3829 Eastern New England Rocky Tea-tree Scrub
      • 3830 Far North Basalt Scarp Tea-tree Scrub
      • 3833 Gibraltar Range Rocky Shrubland
      • 3825 Mid North Escarpment Rock Outcrop Scrub
      • 3834 Mount Warning Caldera Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
      • 3854 New England Rockplate Shrubland
      • 4129 Timbarra Granite Rockplate Shrubland
      • 3847 Timbarra Granite Rocky Heath-Woodland
      • 3850 Tweed Caldera Outcrops Grassy Scrub
      • 4130 Warra Rockplate Shrubland
      • 3828 Western New England Felsic Rock Shrubland
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  • Rainforests
    • Cool Temperate Rainforests
      • 3048 Border Ranges Antarctic Beech Rainforest
      • 3051 Mount Royal Range Cool Temperate Rainforest
      • 3052 Northern Escarpment Antarctic Beech Rainforest
      • 3053 Northern Escarpment Sassafras Rainforest
      • 3054 Southeast Cool Temperate Rainforest
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 2079 Blakes Wattle - Wilga - Wild Quince - Kurrajong thickets, NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tablelands Bioregion
      • 3065 Far North Basalt Gully Dry Rainforest
      • 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
      • 3064 Far North Hoop Pine Dry Rainforest
      • 3076 Hunter Valley Whalebone Dry Rainforest
      • 3086 Lower North Hinterland Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3097 Northern Escarpment Dry Rainforest
      • 3098 Northern Escarpment Grey Myrtle Gully Rainforest
      • 3099 Northern Escarpment Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 3113 Timbarra Sheltered Gorges Vine Thicket
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    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3027 Gibraltar Range Tea-tree-Phebalium Shrubland
      • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
      • 3030 Nattai Plateau Callicoma Gully Rainforest
      • 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
      • 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
      • 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
      • 3034 Northern Gorges Riparian Rainforest
      • 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 1531 Sassafras - Grey Possumwood warm temperate rainforest of the New England escarpment
      • 1523 Sassafras - Prickly Ash - Lilly Pilly warm temperate rainforest on ranges of the Barrington Tops and lower North Coast
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    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 4105 Border Ranges Red Carabeen Rainforest
      • 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3232 Far North Coastal Hills Blackbutt-Ironbark Forest
      • 3233 Far North Hinterland Grey Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3285 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3240 Lower North Escarpment Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3241 Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
      • 3249 Northern Bloodwood-Ironbark Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
      • 3167 Northern Hinterland Blackbutt-Forest Oak Wet Forest
      • 3252 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Mahogany Grassy Forest
      • 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest
      • 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
      • 3170 Northern Hinterland White Mahogany Moist Grassy Forest
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    • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3277 Carrai Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3146 Dorrigo Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3279 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Forest
      • 3280 Far North Escarpment Gorges Blackbutt Forest
      • 3281 Guyra Granitoids Gum-Messmate Forest
      • 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
      • 3287 Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
      • 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest
      • 1547 Silvertop Stringybark - Messmate - Sydney Blue Gum moist shrub-grass tall open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
      • 3289 West Barrington Granitoid Outcrop Forest
      • 3290 Western Guy Fawkes Plateau Moist Gum Forest
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3139 Border Ranges Brush Box-Tallowwood Wet Forest
      • 3147 Far North Brush Box-Bloodwood Wet Forest
      • 3148 Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
      • 3149 Far North Hinterland Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3073 Hastings Valley Grey Gum-Grey Box Wet Forest
      • 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 3157 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Wet Forest
      • 3158 Lower North Foothills Turpentine-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
      • 3087 Lower North Ranges Riparian Turpentine Forest
      • 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
      • 1575 Messmate - Forest Ribbon Gum - New England Blackbutt shrub - grass tall open forest of Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
      • 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
      • 3166 Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
      • 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
      • 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3172 Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
      • 3173 Northern Ranges Dunns Gum-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3174 Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 1563 Sydney Blue Gum – New England Blackbutt - Whitetop Box moist shrub – grass tall open forest of the lower North Coast
      • 3178 Washpool Outcrops White-topped Box Forest
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    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3199 Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
      • 3200 Meldrum High Plateau Wet Forest
      • 931 Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 1574 Messmate grassy tall open forest on Barrington and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3201 Mid North Escarpment Blue Gum Moist Forest
      • 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
      • 1577 New England Blackbutt - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy tall open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3680 Northern Escarpment Ash Wet Shrub Forest
      • 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3207 Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest
      • 3203 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
      • 3204 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Maple Wet Forest
      • 3205 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
      • 3208 Northern Escarpment Rocky Blackbutt Scrub Woodland
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