Nature conservation

Threatened species

Pilotbird - Sydney Basin: 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 Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

Vegetation formations, classes and types

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

Alpine complex
- Alpine Bogs and Fens
  - 3891 Kosciuszko Range Boggy Herbfield
  - 3892 Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Damp Heath
- Alpine Heaths
  - 3879 Kosciuszko High Plateau Grassy Open Heath

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3474 Burragorang Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3475 Burragorang Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3478 Burragorang Gorges Quartzite Grey Gum Forest
  - 3483 Central Gorges Box-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3493 Southern Highlands Red Gum Forest
  - 3496 Western Hunter Colluvial Grey Gum Forest
  - 3498 Wingecarribee Gorges Stringybark-Grey Gum Forest
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- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3447 Shoalhaven Foothills Spotted Gum Forest
- North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
  - 3532 Western Hunter Ironbark-Box Forest
  - 3529 Western Hunter Sandy Colluvial Gully Forest
- Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3449 Far South Escarpment Stringybark-Gum Forest
  - 3450 Far South Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3451 Far South Sheltered Monkey Gum Forest
  - 3452 Southeast Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest

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

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4025 Cumberland Red Gum Riverflat Forest
  - 4049 South Coast Floodplain Grassy Swamp Forest
- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 4086 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Scrub

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

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3313 Araluen Scarp Grassy Forest
  - 3321 Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - 3330 South Coast Lowland Woollybutt Grassy Forest
  - 3331 Southeast Gorge Dry Forest
- Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
  - 3377 Southwest Foothills Apple Box Grassy Forest
- Subalpine Woodlands
  - 3380 Jounama Snow Gum Shrub Woodland
  - 3381 Kosciuszko Alpine Sally Woodland
  - 3382 Kosciuszko Eastern Slopes Mountain Gum Forest
  - 3383 Kosciuszko Subalpine Hollows Black Sally Woodland
- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
  - 3347 Southern Tableland Creekflat Ribbon Gum Forest

Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - 3788 Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
- Southern Montane Heaths
  - 3870 Far Southeast Mountain Rock Scrub
  - 3876 Kybeyan Montane Heath
- Sydney Coastal Heaths
  - 3810 Southern Sydney Rockplate Heath
  - 3813 Sydney Hinterland Dwarf Apple Low Woodland
  - 3814 Woronora Plateau Heath-Mallee
- Sydney Montane Heaths
  - 3857 Blue Mountains Rocky Mallee Heath
  - 3859 Genowlan Point Heath
  - 3861 Morton Plateau Rocky Heath-Woodland
  - 3862 Newnes Plateau Rockplate Heath
  - 3863 Upper Blue Mountains Mallee Heath
  - 3865 Western Blue Mountains Pagoda Scrub
  - 3866 Wollemi Rockplate Scrub
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Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
  - 3049 Kosciuszko Cool Temperate Rainforest
  - 3054 Southeast Cool Temperate Rainforest
- Dry Rainforests
  - 3110 Greater Sydney Enriched Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
  - 4112 Southeast Dry Rainforest
  - 3111 Sydney Hinterland Grey Myrtle Riparian Forest
- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3028 Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3037 Sydney Basin Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3038 Sydney Coastal Coachwood Gallery Rainforest
  - 3041 Sydney Sandstone Coachwood-Grey Myrtle Rainforest
- Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
  - 3046 Southeast Warm Temperate Rainforest
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3036 South Coast Warm Temperate-Subtropical Rainforest

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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