Nature conservation

Threatened species

Pilotbird - South Eastern Highlands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Pycnoptilus floccosus
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Last updated: 24 Oct 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Pilotbird is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Highlands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Pilotbird - South Eastern Highlands is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3546 Coastal Sands Littoral Scrub-Forest
    • South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3638 South Coast Sands Bangalay Forest
      • 3639 South Coast Sands Bangalay Littoral Forest
      • 3640 South Coast Sands Littoral Scrub
      • 3641 Wonboyn Sand Forest
    • South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
      • 3182 Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
      • 3183 Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
      • 3184 Far South Lowland Creekflat Forest
      • 3185 Far South Riverflat Wet Forest
      • 3186 Far South Sandflat Ribbon Gum Forest
      • 3187 Shoalhaven Hinterland Peppermint Wet Gully Forest
      • 3189 South Coast Gully Shrub Forest
      • 3190 South Coast Hinterland Monkey Gum Wet Fern Forest
      • 3191 South Coast Ranges Moist Gully Forest
      • 3107 South Coast Red Gum-Fig Sheltered Forest
      • 3188 South Coast Riverflat Peppermint Forest
      • 3192 South Coast Riverflat Ribbon Gum Forest
      • 3108 South Coast Scarp Wet Vine Forest
      • 3193 South Coast Stringybark-Monkey Gum Wet Forest
      • 3194 Southeast Escarpment Flats Swamp Gum Forest
      • 3196 Southeast Hinterland Intermediate Shrub Forest
      • 3197 Southeast Hinterland Monkey Gum Moist Shrub Forest
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    • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3642 Brogo Scarp Mallee Scrub
      • 3643 Bungonia Tableland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
      • 3644 Coondella Rhyolite Shrub Woodland
      • 3645 Deua Rocky Slopes Woila Gum Woodland
      • 3646 Far South Coastal Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3648 Far South Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3649 Far South Lowland Depressions Shrub Forest
      • 3650 Goulburn-Lithgow Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3651 Gourock Range Peppermint-Ash Shrub Forest
      • 3652 Gulaga Rocky Scrub
      • 3653 Kanangra Peaks Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3654 Shoalhaven Lowland Bloodwood Shrub Forest
      • 3655 South Coast Escarpment Rocky Scrub
      • 3656 South Coast Foothills Dry Shrub Forest
      • 3657 South Coast Foothills Monkey Gum Sheltered Forest
      • 3658 South Coast Hinterland Bloodwood Forest
      • 3659 South Coast Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3660 South Coast Hinterland Yellow Stringybark Forest
      • 3661 South Coast Hinterland Yertchuk Forest
      • 3662 South Coast Lowland Blackbutt Forest
      • 3300 Southeast Escarpment Peaks Dry Shrub Forest
      • 3663 Southeast Foothills Stringybark Shrub Forest
      • 3664 Southeast Foothills Woollybutt Dry Shrub Forest
      • 3665 Southeast Hinterland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
      • 3666 Southeast Mountain Dry Shrub Forest
      • 3667 Southern Highlands Enriched Sandstone Forest
      • 3668 Southern Highlands Scribbly Gum Forest
      • 3492 Wollondilly-Shoalhaven Quartz Hills Forest
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    • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 4126 Bondo Slopes Dry Peppermint Shrub Forest
      • 3730 Bondo Slopes Dry Stringybark Forest
      • 3737 Bungonia Tableland Scribbly Gum Shrub Forest
      • 3736 Cudgegong Sandslope Scribbly Gum Woodland
      • 3738 Goulburn-Lithgow Tableland Hills Grassy Forest
      • 3741 Monaro Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
      • 3742 Monaro Mountains Snow Gum Shrub Forest
      • 3743 Monaro Ranges Exposed Shrub Forest
      • 3744 Palerang Hills Peppermint Dry Shrub Forest
      • 3745 Snowy Gorge Grassy Box Woodland
      • 3746 Southern Tableland Snow Gum-Candlebark Shrub Forest
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    • Southern Wattle Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3669 Brogo Wattle Scrub
      • 3670 Snowy Gorge Currawang Shrub Woodland
      • 3671 Snowy Gorge Wattle Scrub
    • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3578 Blue Mountains Low Heathy Woodland
      • 3579 Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Swamp Woodland
      • 3580 Burralow Swamp Woodland
      • 3584 Illawarra Escarpment Cliffline Scrub
      • 3585 Morton Plateau Shrub Forest
      • 3586 Northern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
      • 3588 Shoalhaven Foothills Bloodwood Heathy Forest
      • 3589 Southern Highlands Escarpment Peppermint Gully Forest
      • 3590 Southern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
      • 3591 Southern Sydney Sheltered Forest
      • 3592 Sydney Coastal Enriched Sandstone Forest
      • 3593 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
      • 3595 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest
      • 3596 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Forest
      • 3598 Woronora Plateau Scribbly Gum Woodland
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    • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3599 Blue Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
      • 3600 Burragorang Escarpment Heath
      • 3601 Burragorang Footslopes Scribbly Gum Forest
      • 3602 Burragorang Permian Sandstone Grey Gum-Peppermint Forest
      • 3603 Hawkesbury Escarpment Bloodwood Forest
      • 3604 Hunter Range Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
      • 3605 Hunter Range Ironbark Forest
      • 3606 Hunter Range Peppermint Moist Gully Forest
      • 3609 Kangaroo Valley Colluvial Scribbly Gum-Stringybark Forest
      • 3611 Nattai Plateau Bloodwood-Peppermint Forest
      • 3612 Nattai Plateau Peppermint Gully Forest
      • 3613 Shoalhaven Sandstone Cliffline Woodland
      • 3614 Southern Highlands Sandstone Peppermint Forest
      • 3615 Sydney Hinterland Apple-Blackbutt Gully Forest
      • 3619 Sydney Hinterland Enriched Sandstone Bloodwood Forest
      • 3616 Sydney Hinterland Grey Gum Transition Forest
      • 3617 Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest
      • 3618 Sydney Hinterland Sandflat Peppermint Forest
      • 3620 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine Sheltered Forest
      • 3621 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine-Apple Gully Forest
      • 3622 Sydney Hinterland Yellow Bloodwood Woodland
      • 3625 Wingecarribee Sandstone Shrub Forest
      • 3626 Wollemi Plateau Stringybark-Grey Gum Forest
      • 3627 Wollemi Plateau Yertchuk-Stringybark Woodland
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    • Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3685 Budawang Sandstone Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3686 Mount Airly Sandstone Forest
      • 3687 Newnes Plateau Peppermint-Ash Tall Forest
      • 3688 Newnes Plateau Silvertop Ash Woodland
      • 3689 Shoalhaven Escarpment Peppermint-Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3691 Upper Blue Mountains Fringing Swamp Woodland
      • 3692 Upper Blue Mountains Moist Forest
      • 3693 Upper Blue Mountains Peppermint Dry Forest
      • 3694 Upper Blue Mountains Ridgetop Woodland
      • 3695 Western Blue Mountains Peppermint Sheltered Forest
      • 3696 Western Blue Mountains Rocky Scribbly Gum Woodland
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    • Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3629 Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland
      • 3628 Castlereagh Shrubby Swamp Woodland
      • 3632 Mellong Sand Scribbly Gum Woodland
      • 3633 Mellong Sand Swamp Woodland
      • 3635 Thirlmere Sand Swamp Woodland
    • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3781 Ulan Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Woodland
      • 3777 Western Hunter Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Coastal Heath Swamps
      • 3929 Blue Mountains Swamp Heath
      • 3902 Far Southeast Shrubby Swamp Woodland
      • 3924 Sydney Coastal Upland Swamp Heath
      • 3925 Sydney Sandstone Button Grass Sedgeland
    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3930 Bondo Montane Flats Swamp Woodland
      • 3945 Newnes Plateau Shrub Swamp
      • 3951 Southern Tableland Ranges Boggy Open Woodland
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3310 Gulaga Silvertop Ash Moist Forest
      • 3306 Kosciuszko Alpine Ash High Wet Forest
      • 3309 Kosciuszko Western Flanks Moist Shrub Forest
      • 3307 Kosciuszko-Namadgi Alpine Ash Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3311 Southeast Escarpment Ash Forest
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3238 Hunter Range Colluvial Apple-Gum Forest
      • 3239 Hunter Range Sheltered Grey Gum Forest
      • 3152 Hunter Range Turpentine-Grey Myrtle Gully Forest
      • 3155 Illawarra North-Pittwater Bangalay Moist Forest
      • 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3258 Sydney Basin Creekflat Blue Gum-Apple Forest
      • 3261 Sydney Sandstone Plateau Shale Forest
      • 3262 Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest
      • 3115 Western Hunter Sandstone Grey Gum-Grey Myrtle Forest
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    • Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3266 Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest
      • 3267 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
      • 3270 Shoalhaven Lowland Wet Gully Forest
      • 3271 Shoalhaven Spotted Gum-Blackbutt Moist Forest
      • 3272 South Coast Lowland Creekflat Forest
      • 3273 South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
      • 3274 South Coast Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3276 South Coast Stringybark Cycad Exposed Forest
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    • Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3291 Bondo Montane Valley Flats Forest
      • 3292 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3293 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Sheltered Fern Forest
      • 3296 Kosciuszko Flanks Moist Gully Forest
      • 3297 Kosciuszko Snow Gum-Mountain Gum Moist Forest
      • 3299 Nullo Mountain Basalt Stringybark Forest
      • 3301 Southeast Tableland Ranges Snow Gum Sheltered Forest
      • 3304 Southern Tableland Swamp Flats Shrub Woodland
      • 3305 Sydney Montane Basalt Moist Forest
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3137 Blue Mountains Enriched Blue Gum Moist Forest
      • 3140 Blue Mountains Sandstone Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3138 Blue Mountains Wet Gully Forest
      • 3145 Cumberland Bangalay x Blue Gum Riverflat Forest
      • 3154 Illawarra Blackbutt Moist Forest
      • 3153 Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
      • 3078 Illawarra Lowland Wet Vine Forest
      • 3125 Illawarra Seacliff Banksia-Bangalay Forest
      • 3156 Jervis Bay Sands Littoral Moist Forest
      • 3164 Mountain Lagoon Basalt Wet Forest
      • 3176 Sydney Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest
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    • Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3209 Blue Mountains Basalt Cap Forest
      • 3211 Central Tableland Montane Wet Forest
      • 3212 Far South Escarpment Damp Flats Forest
      • 3213 Illawarra Southern Escarpment Wet Forest
      • 3214 Kanangra Screeslope Shrub Forest
      • 3215 Mount Jellore Trachyte Forest
      • 3217 Southeast Escarpment Wet Layered Forest
      • 3218 Southeast High Mountain Wet Layered Forest
      • 3219 Southeast Mountain Wet Fern Forest
      • 3220 Southeast Tableland Ranges Brown Barrel Fern Forest
      • 3221 Southern Escarpment Messmate Forest
      • 3222 Southern Highlands Shale Margins Moist Forest
      • 3223 Southern Highlands Shale-Basalt Wet Forest
      • 3224 Southern Highlands Swamp Forest
      • 3226 Western Blue Mountains Montane Wet Fern Forest
      • 3228 Wollondilly-Shoalhaven Siltstones Sheltered Forest
      • 3229 Wyanbene Limestone Sheltered Ribbon Gum Forest
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