Nature conservation

Threatened species

Thick-billed Grasswren (north-west NSW subspecies) - Channel Country: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered
Commonwealth status: Critically Endangered
Last updated: 14 Oct 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Thick-billed Grasswren (north-west NSW subspecies) is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Channel Country Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Central Depression Predicted None
Sturt Stony Desert Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Thick-billed Grasswren (north-west NSW subspecies) - Channel Country 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)
    • Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
      • 60 Black Oak - Western Rosewood - bluebush/saltbush low sparse woodland on gravel downs in the arid climate zone
      • 194 Heather Bush - Mulga - Umbrella Mulga open shrubland on gravelly rises mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 123 Mulga - Dead Finish on stony hills mainly of the Channel Country Bioregion and Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
  • Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
    • Aeolian Chenopod Shrublands
      • 153 Black Bluebush low open shrubland of the alluvial plains and sandplains of the arid and semi-arid zones
      • 222 Low Bluebush - Bladder Saltbush open shrubland of the arid zone
    • Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
      • 156 Bladder Saltbush shrubland on stony plains and downs of the arid zone
      • 155 Bluebush shrubland on stony rises and downs in the arid and semi-arid zones
    • Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
      • 212 Chenopod low open shrubland - ephemeral partly derived forbland saline wetland on occasionally flooded pale clay scalds in the NSW North Western Plains