Last updated:
01 Dec 2017
Distribution of the species within this region
The Dusky Woodswallow is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the
Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.
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Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Dusky Woodswallow - Sydney Basin 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
- 118 Gidgee chenopod woodland on red-brown clays in the semi-arid (hot) climate zone mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion.
- 131 Gidgee of the intermittent watercourses or the arid zone (mainly Channel Country Bioregion and Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields Bioregion)
- 137 Whitewood - Western Rosewood low woodland of the NSW north western plains
- North-west Plain Shrublands
- 229 Derived mixed shrubland on loamy-clay soils in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 144 Leopardwood low woodland mainly on clayey soils in the semi-arid zone
- 125 Mulga - Ironwood shrubland on loams and clays mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
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- Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
- 140 Broombush shrubland in dunefields of the arid climate zone
- 129 Cabbage-tree Wattle shrubland of the inland plains and drainage lines
- 199 Hooked Needlewood - Needlewood - Mulga - Turpentine Bush open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid plains
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- Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
- 127 Bastard Mulga tall open shrubland of the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
- 60 Black Oak - Western Rosewood - bluebush/saltbush low sparse woodland on gravel downs in the arid climate zone
- 169 Curly Mallee - bluebush open woodland of the arid zone
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- Grasslands
- Maritime Grasslands
- 3407 Central Headland Grassland
- 3408 Northern Headland Grassland
- 3409 Southern Headland Grassland
- 3410 Spinifex Strandline Grassland
- 3411 Tollgate Island Littoral Scrub
- Riverine Plain Grasslands
- 46 Curly Windmill Grass - speargrass - wallaby grass grassland on alluvial clay and loam on the Hay Plain, Riverina Bioregion
- 165 Derived corkscrew grass grassland/forbland on sandplains and plains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
- 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
- 1203 Speargrass natural grassland of the sandplains of the Murray Darling Bioregion
- Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
- 50 Couch Grass grassland wetland on river banks and floodplains of inland river systems
- 43 Mitchell Grass grassland - chenopod low open shrubland on floodplains in the semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
- 214 Native Millet - Cup Grass grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
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- Temperate Montane Grasslands
- 797 Derived grassland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
- 569 Derived Snow Grass +/- Kangaroo Grass +/- Wild Sorghum tussock grassland of the NSW Northern Tablelands
- 894 Kangaroo Grass - Purple Wire-grass - Mat-rush - Wallaby Grass - Common Buttons dry tussock grassland in the north-western and Eastern parts of the Southern Tablelands of the South Eastern Highlands Bi
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- Western Slopes Grasslands
- 710 Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Common Woodruff clay plain grassland of northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 796 Derived grassland of the NSW South Western Slopes
- 799 Derived grasslands of the Capertee Valley
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- Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
- Floodplain Transition Woodlands
- 628 Carbeen +/- Coolabah grassy woodland on floodplain clay loam soil on north-western NSW floodplains, mainly Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
- 248 Mixed box eucalypt woodland on low sandy-loam rises on alluvial plains in central western NSW
- 251 Mixed Eucalypt woodlands of floodplains in the southern-eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
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- New England Grassy Woodlands
- 3351 Armidale Creekflat Snow Gum Woodland-Scrub
- 3352 Armidale Quartz Hills Stringybark Forest
- 501 Bendemeer White Gum - Silvertop Stringybark - Rough-barked Apple +/- Moonbi Apple Box grassy open forest of the southern New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
- 654 Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- 303 Black Sally grassy low woodland in valleys in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- 703 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box - Rough-barked Apple grassy woodland of the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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- Subalpine Woodlands
- 3379 Barrington-Point Lookout Montane Grassy Forest
- 3380 Jounama Snow Gum Shrub Woodland
- 3381 Kosciuszko Alpine Sally Woodland
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- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
- 3337 Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
- 722 Brittle Gum - stringybark shrubby open forest on basalt residuals in the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- 513 Candlebark - Ribbon Gum grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
- 283 Apple Box - Blakely's Red Gum moist valley and footslopes grass-forb open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 383 Apple Box - Rough-barked Apple terrace flats woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 337 Apple Box - Silver Banksia - Drooping Sheoak open woodland - tall shrubland in protected gullies of the Coolac - Tumut serpentinite belt, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion.
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- Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Caves, rock fissures etc
- 99991 Caves, rock fissures etc
- Highly disturbed areas with no or limited native vegetation
- 99997 Highly disturbed areas - road verges, table drains, road embankments, ploughed paddocks etc.
- Marine environments
- 99994 Dune and Shorelines
- 99995 Oceans
- Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
- 99993 Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
- Rocky islands
- Terrestrial saline environments
- 99998 non vegetated terrestrial saline environments
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
- 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
- Saline wetlands
- Inland Saline lakes
- 166 Disturbed annual saltbush forbland on clay plains and inundation zones mainly of south-western NSW
- 189 Ephemeral forbland wetland of low-saline lake-beds of the arid and semi-arid (warm) climate zones
- 253 Gypseous shrubland on rises in the semi-arid and arid plains
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- Mangrove Swamps
- 4090 Far North Estuarine Mangrove-Swamp Oak Forest
- 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
- Saltmarshes
- 4096 Prickly Couch-Sea Rush Saltmarsh
- 4097 Samphire Saltmarsh
- 4102 South Coast Bracelet Honey-myrtle Sea Rush Saltmarsh
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- 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
- 629 Brigalow - Bladder Saltbush open woodland to tall open shrubland in the Come-By-Chance region, Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 31 Brigalow - Gidgee open woodland on clay plains west of the Culgoa River, Mulga Lands Bioregion
- 29 Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
- 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)
- 630 Black Box - Silver Saltbush chenopod open woodland on terrace rises on alluvial plains in the lower Darling River and lower Murray River region of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- 16 Black Box grassy open woodland wetland of rarely flooded depressions in south western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
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- North-west Floodplain Woodlands
- 55 Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
- 38 Black Box low woodland wetland lining ephemeral watercourses or fringing lakes and clay pans of semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
- 37 Black Box woodland wetland on NSW central and northern floodplains including the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
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- Riverine Plain Woodlands
- 4104 Central Hunter Weeping Myall Forest
- 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
- Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
- Desert Woodlands
- 100 Desert Bloodwood - Mulga low woodland of the semi-arid plains
- 133 Western Bloodwood - Whitewood low open woodland on Tibooburra Granite
- Dune Mallee Woodlands
- 172 Deep sand mallee of irregular dunefields of the semi-arid (warm) zone
- 191 Snap and Rattle Mallee - Moonah open mallee shrubland in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- 171 Spinifex linear dune mallee mainly of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
- 357 Beyeria - Mintbush - Tumbledown Red Gum shrubland - low woodland on conglomerate outcrops in the Wellington region, NSW central western slopes
- 177 Blue Mallee - Bull Mallee - Green Mallee very tall mallee shrubland of the West Wyalong region, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 178 Broombush - Green Mallee - Blue Mallee very tall shrubland on stony rises in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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- North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
- 428 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - Curracabah - White Box tall woodland on sand in the Narrabri - Warialda region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 71 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - River Red Gum - bloodwood tall woodland on sandy loam alluvial and eolian soils in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- 206 Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall woodland of alluvial sand (sand monkeys) in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 376 Mixed scrub low open woodland on sand rises and dunes on floodplains in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 227 Silver-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple woodland on alluvial terraces in central-north NSW
- Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
- 20 Buloke - Moonah - Black Box open woodland on sandy rises of semi arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
- 19 Cypress Pine woodland of source-bordering dunes mainly on the Murray and Murrumbidgee River floodplains
- 22 Semi-arid shrubby Buloke - Slender Cypress Pine woodland, far south-western NSW
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- Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
- 142 Broombush shrubland in the mallee landscapes of the temperate and semi-arid (warm) climate zones
- 355 Bull Mallee - White Mallee tall mallee woodland on red sandy loam soils in the central western slopes of NSW
- 170 Chenopod sandplain mallee woodland/shrubland of the arid and semi-arid (warm) zones
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- Semi-arid Sand Plain Woodlands
- 59 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Leopardwood low open woodland on sandplain and sandy flats in semi arid (hot) and arid climate zones
- 57 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Wilga woodland of central NSW including the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 221 Black Oak - Pearl Bluebush open woodland of the sandplains of the semi-arid warm and arid climate zones
- 58 Black Oak - Western Rosewood open woodland on deep sandy loams mainly in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- 252 Sugarwood open woodland of the inland plains mainly Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
- 117 Buck Spinifex shrubby hummock grassland / Coolabah Apple - Silver-leaved Ironbark open woodland on deep sand in the Enngonia to Cumborah regions, north western NSW
- 192 Silver-leaved Ironbark - Poplar Box +/- Ironwood shrub - grass woodland on rises in the north-western plains of NSW
- 146 Whitewood low open woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and north-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- Western Peneplain Woodlands
- 135 Coobah - Western Rosewood low open tall shrubland or woodland mainly on outwash areas in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
- 108 Gum Coolabah - Mulga open woodland on gravel ridges of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 134 Ironwood woodland of the semi-arid plains
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