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Albert's Lyrebird - South Eastern Queensland: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Menura alberti

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 07 Aug 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Albert's Lyrebird is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Queensland Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Burringbar-Conondale Ranges	Known	None
Clarence Lowlands	Known	North of Evans Head
Scenic Rim	Known	None
Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands	Predicted	None
Woodenbong	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

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

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3322 Far North Ranges Red Gum Grassy Forest

Heathlands
- Northern Montane Heaths
  - 3834 Mount Warning Caldera Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
  - 3841 Mount Warning Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
  - 3850 Tweed Caldera Outcrops Grassy Scrub

Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
  - 3048 Border Ranges Antarctic Beech Rainforest
- Dry Rainforests
  - 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
  - 3064 Far North Hoop Pine Dry Rainforest
  - 3010 Lower Richmond Lowland Hills Dry Rainforest
  - 3099 Northern Escarpment Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
  - 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3027 Gibraltar Range Tea-tree-Phebalium Shrubland
  - 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
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- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - 4105 Border Ranges Red Carabeen Rainforest
  - 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest
  - 3005 Far North Floodplain Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3007 Far North Lowland Black Bean Riverine Rainforest
  - 3009 Far North Lowland Palm Gully Rainforest
  - 3008 Far North Lowland Sub-Littoral Rainforest
  - 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3006 Far North Riverine Bangalow Palm Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3012 Far North Waterhousea Riparian Rainforest
  - 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 3001 Lismore Basalt Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3002 Lower Richmond Hills Dry-Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3015 Lower Richmond Sandflat Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3016 Lower Tweed Hills Subtropical Dry Rainforest
  - 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
  - 3069 Far North Hinterland Grey Box-Grey Gum Wet Forest
  - 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub 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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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
  - 4115 Koonyum Range Rhyolite Turpentine Wet Forest
  - 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
  - 3102 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine 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
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- Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3217 Southeast Escarpment Wet Layered Forest
  - 3221 Southern Escarpment Messmate Forest

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Related information

Recovery Outline Albert's Lyrebird. In Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000 (Garnett & Crowley 2000). ( PDF - 24kB)

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