Red-backed Button-quail - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Distribution of the species within this region

IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Dalmorton	Known	None
Karuah Manning	Known	None
Macleay Hastings	Known	None
Upper Hunter	Known	None
Yuraygir	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
  • Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3491 Jenolan-Tuglow Limestone Forest
  • Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 4118 Clarence Gorges Silver-leaved Ironbark Forest
    • 3420 Clarence Lowland Ironbark-Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
    • 3421 Clarence Sandstone Pink Bloodwood Grassy Forest
    • 3422 Clarence Sandstone Rises Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
    • 3427 Northern Hinterland Hills Bloodwood-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  • Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 983 New England Blackbutt - stringybark grassy forest the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • 3465 Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest
  • North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
    • 1605 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Native Olive shrubby open forest of the central and upper Hunter
    • 394 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress pine woodland on slopes and flats in the Coonabarabran - Pilliga Scrub regions

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3548 Far North Sands Scribbly Gum Heathy Forest
    • 3549 Lower North Sandplain Heathy Forest
    • 3551 Northern Sands Blackbutt-Red Mahogany Forest
  • North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3561 Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple-Paperbark Forest
    • 3564 Clarence Sandstone Bloodwood-Stringybark Forest
    • 3568 Clarence Sandstone Stringybark Heathy Woodland
    • 3574 Northern Lowland Sandstones Dry Open Forest
    • 3573 Northern Lowland Scribbly Gum-Bloodwood Forest
  • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3593 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3617 Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest

• Forested wetlands
  • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
    • 4042 Lower North Riverflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Forest
  • Coastal Swamp Forests
    • 4001 Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
    • 4003 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
    • 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
    • 4008 Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
  • Eastern Riverine Forests
    • 42 River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley
  • Inland Riverine Forests
    • 356 Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • 36 River Red Gum tall to very tall open forest / woodland wetland on rivers on floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion

• Freshwater wetlands
  • Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
    • 1738 Spirodella freshwater wetland
  • Coastal Heath Swamps
    • 3898 Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple Banksia Forest
    • 3913 Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
  • Inland Floodplain Swamps
    • 238 Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
    • 465 Reedland - tussock grass - segeland fen swampy wetland of impeded creeks in southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • 400 Riparian sedgeland rushland wetland of the Pilliga to Goonoo sandstone forests, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • 361 Sedgeland fen wetland of spring-fed or runoff-fed creeks in the southern Pilliga - Warrumbungle Range region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • 53 Shallow freshwater wetland sedgeland in depressions on floodplains on inland alluivial plains and floodplains
    • 204 Water Couch marsh grassland wetland of frequently flooded inland watercourses
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  • Montane Bogs and Fens
    • 766 Carex sedgeland of the slopes and tablelands

• Grasslands
  • Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
    • 50 Couch Grass grassland wetland on river banks and floodplains of inland river systems
    • 214 Native Millet - Cup Grass grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • 49 Partly derived Windmill Grass - copperburr alluvial plains shrubby grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • 242 Rats Tail Couch sod grassland wetland of inland floodplains
  • Western Slopes Grasslands
    • 250 Derived tussock grassland of the central western plains and lower slopes of NSW

• Grassy woodlands
  • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
    • 1692 Bull Oak grassy woodland of the central Hunter Valley
    • 3322 Far North Ranges Red Gum Grassy Forest
    • 1603 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Bull Oak - Grey Box shrub - grass open forest of the central and lower Hunter
    • 1691 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box grassy woodland of the central and upper Hunter
  • Floodplain Transition Woodlands
    • 244 Poplar Box grassy woodland on alluvial clay-loam soils mainly in the temperate (hot summer) climate zone of central NSW (wheatbelt).
  • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
    • 851 Grey Box - grass tree - spinifex woodland on limestone hills of the western Hunter and Capertee Valleys, Sydney Basin Bioregion

• Heathlands
  • Coastal Headland Heaths
    • 3796 Northern Lowland Graminoid Clay Heath
  • Wallum Sand Heaths
    • 3801 Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath
    • 3802 Lower North Sandplain Wallum Heath
    • 3803 Northern Sandplain Damp Wallum Heath

• Miscellaneous ecosystems
  • Highly disturbed areas with no or limited native vegetation
    • 99997 Highly disturbed areas - road verges, table drains, road embankments, ploughed paddocks etc.

• Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
  • Brigalow Clay Plain Woodlands
    • 35 Brigalow - Belah open forest / woodland on alluvial often gilgaied clay from Pilliga Scrub to Goondiwindi, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • 29 Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
  • North-west Floodplain Woodlands
    • 55 Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
    • 37 Black Box woodland wetland on NSW central and northern floodplains including the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
    • 39 Coolabah - River Coobah - Lignum woodland wetland of frequently flooded floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • 40 Coolabah open woodland wetland with chenopod/grassy ground cover on grey and brown clay floodplains
    • 87 Poplar Box - Coolabah floodplain woodland on light clay soil mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  • Riverine Plain Woodlands
    • 27 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • 26 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion

• Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
  • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • 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
    • 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
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• Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
    • 3172 Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest