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Threatened species

Superb Fruit-Dove - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Ptilinopus superbus
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 11 Oct 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Superb Fruit-Dove 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
Coffs Coast and Escarpment Known None
Comboyne Plateau Known None
Dalmorton Known None
Karuah Manning Known None
Macleay Hastings Known None
Upper Manning Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Superb Fruit-Dove - 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.

  • Forested wetlands
    • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
      • 4042 Lower North Riverflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Forest
      • 4044 Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
      • 4045 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
      • 4047 Northern Swamp Mahogany-Bottlebrush Swamp Forest
    • Coastal Swamp Forests
      • 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
      • 3989 Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
      • 3990 Far North Paperbark Gahnia Swamp Forest
      • 3991 Far North Sands Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
      • 3997 Hunter Coast Sandplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
      • 4003 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
      • 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
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    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4070 Far North River Oak Wet Forest
      • 42 River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley
  • Rainforests
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 3056 Central Eastern Ranges Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3065 Far North Basalt Gully Dry Rainforest
      • 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
      • 3064 Far North Hoop Pine Dry Rainforest
      • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
    • Littoral Rainforests
      • 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
      • 3127 Mid North Headland Brush Box Littoral Rainforest
    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3025 Central Coast Gallery Rainforest
      • 3028 Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 1529 Lilly Pilly - Coachwood gully warm temperate rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
      • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
      • 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
      • 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood 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
      • 3040 Sydney Coastal Foreshores Gully Rainforest
      • 3041 Sydney Sandstone Coachwood-Grey Myrtle Rainforest
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    • Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3121 Broken Head Lowland Rainforest
      • 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest
      • 3009 Far North Lowland Palm Gully 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
      • 3013 Illawarra Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3001 Lismore Basalt Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3002 Lower Richmond Hills Dry-Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3022 Port Macquarie Coastal Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3036 South Coast Warm Temperate-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
      • 3069 Far North Hinterland Grey Box-Grey Gum Wet Forest
      • 3233 Far North Hinterland Grey Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3236 Hunter Valley Hills Wet Vine Forest
      • 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3094 Mount Pikapene Steel Box Wet Forest
      • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub 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
      • 1547 Silvertop Stringybark - Messmate - Sydney Blue Gum moist shrub-grass tall open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
    • Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3275 South Coast Spotted Gum Cycad Dry Forest
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3136 Blue Gum High Forest
      • 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
      • 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 3153 Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
      • 4115 Koonyum Range Rhyolite Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
      • 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
      • 3171 Northern Lowland Viney 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
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    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
      • 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
    • Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3213 Illawarra Southern Escarpment Wet Forest