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Threatened species

Blue-winged Parrot - Nandewar: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Neophema chrysostoma
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Last updated: 14 Oct 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Blue-winged Parrot is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Nandewar Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Blue-winged Parrot - Nandewar is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
    • Gibber Transition Shrublands
      • 197 Black Box - Gidgee - chenopod low open woodland wetland on alluvial clay soils in the Culgoa River region of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Mulga Lands Bioregion
    • North-west Plain Shrublands
      • 229 Derived mixed shrubland on loamy-clay soils in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 125 Mulga - Ironwood shrubland on loams and clays mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
    • Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
      • 139 Prickly Wattle tall open shrubland of dunes and sandplains of semi-arid and arid regions
      • 124 Sandhill Wattle open shrubland on sand ridges mainly in the arid zone
      • 119 Sandplain Mulga tall shrubland - open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid climate zones
      • 215 Woollybutt Grass open grassland on red earths of the inland plains
    • Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
      • 123 Mulga - Dead Finish on stony hills mainly of the Channel Country Bioregion and Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
  • 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
    • Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
      • 61 Mitchell Grass - saltbush grassland/shrubland of the gibber downs of the arid climate zone
    • Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
      • 216 Black Roly Poly low open shrubland of the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
      • 157 Bladder Saltbush shrubland on alluvial plains in the semi-arid (warm) zone including Riverina Bioregion
      • 212 Chenopod low open shrubland - ephemeral partly derived forbland saline wetland on occasionally flooded pale clay scalds in the NSW North Western Plains
      • 164 Cotton Bush open shrubland of the semi-arid (warm) zone
      • 236 Derived Giant Redburr low shrubland on alluvial plains of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
      • 163 Dillon Bush (Nitre Bush) shrubland of the semi-arid and arid zones
      • 159 Old Man Saltbush shrubland mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (south western NSW)
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  • Forested wetlands
    • Inland Riverine Forests
      • 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)
      • 7 River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - herbaceous riparian tall open forest wetland mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
      • 2 River Red Gum-sedge dominated very tall open forest in frequently flooded forest wetland along major rivers and floodplains in south-western NSW
  • 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)
      • 160 Nitre Goosefoot shrubland wetland on clays of the inland floodplains
    • Inland Floodplain Swamps
      • 182 Cumbungi rushland wetland of shallow semi-permanent water bodies and inland watercourses
      • 53 Shallow freshwater wetland sedgeland in depressions on floodplains on inland alluivial plains and floodplains
      • 12 Shallow marsh wetland of regularly flooded depressions on floodplains mainly in the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  • Grasslands
    • Maritime Grasslands
      • 3410 Spinifex Strandline Grassland
    • Riverine Plain Grasslands
      • 46 Curly Windmill Grass - speargrass - wallaby grass grassland on alluvial clay and loam on the Hay Plain, Riverina Bioregion
      • 44 Forb-rich Speargrass - Windmill Grass - White Top grassland of the Riverina Bioregion
      • 45 Plains Grass grassland on alluvial mainly clay soils in the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
      • 43 Mitchell Grass grassland - chenopod low open shrubland on floodplains in the semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
  • Saline wetlands
    • Inland Saline lakes
      • 166 Disturbed annual saltbush forbland on clay plains and inundation zones mainly of south-western NSW
      • 253 Gypseous shrubland on rises in the semi-arid and arid plains
      • 65 Halosarcia lylei low, open shrubland saline wetland of arid and semi-arid regions
  • Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
    • 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)
      • 15 Black Box open woodland wetland with chenopod understorey mainly on the outer floodplains in south-western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
    • North-west Floodplain Woodlands
      • 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
      • 207 Poplar Box grassy low woodland of drainage lines and depressions of the semi-arid (hot) and arid zone climate zones
      • 41 River Red Gum open woodland wetland of intermittent watercourses mainly of the arid climate zone
    • Riverine Plain Woodlands
      • 26 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
  • Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Desert Woodlands
      • 133 Western Bloodwood - Whitewood low open woodland on Tibooburra Granite
    • Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
      • 28 White Cypress Pine open woodland of sand plains, prior streams and dunes mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
    • Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
      • 170 Chenopod sandplain mallee woodland/shrubland of the arid and semi-arid (warm) zones
    • Semi-arid Sand Plain Woodlands
      • 57 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Wilga woodland of central NSW including the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 58 Black Oak - Western Rosewood open woodland on deep sandy loams mainly in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
    • Western Peneplain Woodlands
      • 108 Gum Coolabah - Mulga open woodland on gravel ridges of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 134 Ironwood woodland of the semi-arid plains
      • 103 Poplar Box - Gum Coolabah - White Cypress Pine shrubby woodland mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 109 Poplar Box - Mulga - Ironwood woodland on red loam soils on plains in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and north-eastern Mulga Lands 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
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