Red-backed Button-quail - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Distribution of the species within this region

IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Pittwater	Known	None
Wyong	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