Nature conservation

Threatened species

Pink Robin - Australian Alps: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Petroica rodinogaster

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable external link

Commonwealth status: Not listed external link

Last updated: 06 Nov 2023

Distribution of the species within this region

The Pink Robin is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Australian Alps Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Snowy Mountains	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Pink Robin - Australian Alps 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
  - 3890 Kosciuszko Alpine Wet Heath

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3450 Far South Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3451 Far South Sheltered Monkey Gum Forest
  - 3452 Southeast Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
- Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3538 Snowy Gorge White Box-Pine Woodland

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
  - 3182 Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
  - 3185 Far South Riverflat Wet Forest
  - 3189 South Coast Gully Shrub Forest
  - 3197 Southeast Hinterland Monkey Gum Moist Shrub Forest
- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3657 South Coast Foothills Monkey Gum Sheltered Forest
- Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 307 Eurabbie - Robertsons Peppermint very tall, fern open forest of gullies and sheltered hillslopes in the southern most part of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
  - 3739 Monaro Hills Brittle Gum Exposed Forest
  - 3742 Monaro Mountains Snow Gum Shrub Forest
  - 299 Riparian Ribbon Gum - Robertsons Peppermint - Apple Box riverine very tall open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
  - 3745 Snowy Gorge Grassy Box Woodland

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4024 Cumberland Blue Box Riverflat Forest
  - 4025 Cumberland Red Gum Riverflat Forest
- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 4083 Southeast Tableland Rocky Riparian Scrub
  - 4085 Southwest Tableland Gorges Riparian Shrubland

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3321 Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark 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
  - 1191 Snow Gum - Candle Bark woodland on broad valley flats of the tablelands and slopes, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
  - 1196 Snow Gum - Mountain Gum shrubby open forest of montane areas, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and Australian Alps Bioregion
  - 3385 Southern Tableland Creekflat Swamp Woodland
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- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
  - 3347 Southern Tableland Creekflat Ribbon Gum Forest

Heathlands
- South Coast Heaths
  - 3816 Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath

Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
  - 3049 Kosciuszko Cool Temperate Rainforest
  - 3054 Southeast Cool Temperate Rainforest
- Dry Rainforests
  - 3111 Sydney Hinterland Grey Myrtle Riparian Forest
- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3028 Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3310 Gulaga Silvertop Ash Moist Forest
  - 3306 Kosciuszko Alpine Ash High Wet Forest
  - 3307 Kosciuszko-Namadgi Alpine Ash Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3311 Southeast Escarpment Ash Forest
- Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3291 Bondo Montane Valley Flats Forest
  - 3293 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Sheltered Fern Forest
  - 3296 Kosciuszko Flanks Moist Gully Forest
  - 3297 Kosciuszko Snow Gum-Mountain Gum Moist Forest
  - 3298 Monaro Ranges Montane Gully Forest
  - 300 Ribbon Gum - Narrow-leaved (Robertsons) Peppermint montane fern - grass tall open forest on deep clay loam soils in the upper NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western Kosciuszko escarpment
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Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3153 Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 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

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Images

Pink Robin male, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Petroica_rodinogaster.jpg" class="linkBlack100" target="_blank">JJ Harrison</a>

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