Nature conservation

Threatened species

Superb Fruit-Dove - Ocean: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Ptilinopus superbus
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 11 Oct 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Superb Fruit-Dove is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Ocean Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Hawkesbury Shelf Known None
Tweed-Moreton Known None
Twofold Shelf Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Superb Fruit-Dove - Ocean is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Forested wetlands
    • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
      • 4042 Lower North Riverflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Forest
      • 4044 Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
      • 4045 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
      • 4047 Northern Swamp Mahogany-Bottlebrush Swamp Forest
    • Coastal Swamp Forests
      • 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
      • 3989 Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
      • 3990 Far North Paperbark Gahnia Swamp Forest
      • 3991 Far North Sands Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
      • 3997 Hunter Coast Sandplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
      • 4003 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
      • 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
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    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4070 Far North River Oak Wet Forest
      • 42 River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley
  • Rainforests
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 3056 Central Eastern Ranges Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3065 Far North Basalt Gully Dry Rainforest
      • 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
      • 3064 Far North Hoop Pine Dry Rainforest
      • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
    • Littoral Rainforests
      • 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
      • 3127 Mid North Headland Brush Box Littoral Rainforest
    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3025 Central Coast Gallery Rainforest
      • 3028 Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 1529 Lilly Pilly - Coachwood gully warm temperate rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
      • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
      • 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
      • 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
      • 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 1531 Sassafras - Grey Possumwood warm temperate rainforest of the New England escarpment
      • 1523 Sassafras - Prickly Ash - Lilly Pilly warm temperate rainforest on ranges of the Barrington Tops and lower North Coast
      • 3040 Sydney Coastal Foreshores Gully Rainforest
      • 3041 Sydney Sandstone Coachwood-Grey Myrtle Rainforest
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    • Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3121 Broken Head Lowland Rainforest
      • 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest
      • 3009 Far North Lowland Palm Gully Rainforest
      • 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 3013 Illawarra Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3001 Lismore Basalt Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3002 Lower Richmond Hills Dry-Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3022 Port Macquarie Coastal Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3036 South Coast Warm Temperate-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
      • 3233 Far North Hinterland Grey Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3236 Hunter Valley Hills Wet Vine Forest
      • 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3094 Mount Pikapene Steel Box Wet Forest
      • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub 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
      • 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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    • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 1547 Silvertop Stringybark - Messmate - Sydney Blue Gum moist shrub-grass tall open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
    • Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3275 South Coast Spotted Gum Cycad Dry Forest
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3136 Blue Gum High Forest
      • 3139 Border Ranges Brush Box-Tallowwood Wet Forest
      • 3147 Far North Brush Box-Bloodwood Wet Forest
      • 3148 Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
      • 3149 Far North Hinterland Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 3153 Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
      • 4115 Koonyum Range Rhyolite Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
      • 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
      • 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
      • 3166 Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
      • 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
      • 3171 Northern Lowland Viney 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
      • 1563 Sydney Blue Gum – New England Blackbutt - Whitetop Box moist shrub – grass tall open forest of the lower North Coast
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    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
      • 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
    • Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3213 Illawarra Southern Escarpment Wet Forest