Nature conservation

Threatened species

Eastern Grass Owl - Darling Riverine Plains: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Tyto longimembris

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 21 Jun 2018

Distribution of the species within this region

The Eastern Grass Owl is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Darling Riverine Plains Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Castlereagh-Barwon	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Eastern Grass Owl - Darling Riverine Plains is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3421 Clarence Sandstone Pink Bloodwood Grassy Forest
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3433 Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3434 Hunter Coast White Mahogany Low Forest

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4015 Central Hunter Riparian Forest
  - 4023 Coastal Valleys Riparian Forest
  - 4026 Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest
  - 4028 Estuarine Swamp Oak Twig-rush Forest
  - 4048 Northern Swamp Oak-Paperbark Forest
- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 3985 Coastal Floodplain Swamp Paperbark Scrub
  - 3986 Coastal Sands Swamp Mahogany Rush Forest
  - 3988 Far North Mesophyll Paperbark Swamp 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
  - 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
  - 4007 Northern Sands Paperbark Sedge Low Forest
  - 4008 Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
  - 1731 Swamp Oak - Weeping Grass grassy riparian forest of the Hunter Valley
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- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 4080 Northwest River Oak-Apple Forest

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - 3958 Castlereagh Gravel Sedgeland
  - 3960 Coast Sands Cladium Sedgeland
  - 3959 Coast Sands Jointed Twig-rush Sedgeland
  - 3961 Coast Sands Lepironia Sedgeland
  - 3962 Coastal Floodplain Phragmites Reedland
  - 3963 Estuarine Reedland
  - 3964 Far North Floodplain Fern-Forb Wetland
  - 3965 Far North Floodplain Forb-Sedge Wetland
  - 3966 Foredune Swale Marsh
  - 3967 Northern Lower Floodplain Eleocharis Wetland
  - 3968 Northern Sands Baloskion-Machaerina Wetland
  - 3914 Northern Sands Chorizandra Sedgeland
  - 3969 Northern Sands Machaerina-Eleocharis Sedgeland
  - 3970 Northern Sands Water Couch Wetland
  - 3971 Northern Sandy Floodplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
  - 1738 Spirodella freshwater wetland
  - 3977 Sydney Coastal Headland Lagoon Sedgeland
  - 3972 Sydney Creekflat Wetland
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- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3920 Coastal Clifftop Shrubby Marsh
  - 3907 Lower North Sands Swamp Scrub
  - 3908 Lower North Sands Wallum Bottlebrush Swamp Heath
  - 3906 Northern Lowland Clay Wet Heath
  - 3912 Northern Sand Swale Paperbark Sedge Shrubland
  - 3913 Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
  - 3915 Northern Sands Prickly Tea-tree Wet Shrubland
  - 3922 Sydney Coastal Sand Swamp Scrub
  - 3923 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Creekline Swamp Heath
  - 3924 Sydney Coastal Upland Swamp Heath
  - 3925 Sydney Sandstone Button Grass Sedgeland
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- Inland Floodplain Swamps
  - 181 Common Reed - Bushy Groundsel aquatic tall reedland grassland wetland of inland river systems
  - 182 Cumbungi rushland wetland of shallow semi-permanent water bodies and inland watercourses
  - 205 Marsh Club-rush wetland very tall sedgeland of inland watercourses, mainly Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 238 Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
  - 447 Sedgeland - forbland wetland in depressions on valley flats of the NSW North-western Slopes
  - 53 Shallow freshwater wetland sedgeland in depressions on floodplains on inland alluivial plains and floodplains
  - 1291 Warrego Grass - Nardoo wet grassland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 204 Water Couch marsh grassland wetland of frequently flooded inland watercourses
  - 364 Wetland on sodic soils in the Yetman-Yelarbon region, mainly Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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Grasslands
- Maritime Grasslands
  - 3407 Central Headland Grassland
  - 3409 Southern Headland Grassland
- 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
  - 49 Partly derived Windmill Grass - copperburr alluvial plains shrubby grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 52 Queensland Bluegrass +/- Mitchell Grass grassland on cracking clay floodplains and alluvial plains mainly the northern-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 242 Rats Tail Couch sod grassland wetland of inland floodplains
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- Western Slopes Grasslands
  - 710 Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Common Woodruff clay plain grassland of northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 619 Derived Wire Grass grassland of the NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
  - 102 Liverpool Plains grassland mainly on basaltic black earth soils, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 1076 Plains Grass - Bluegrass grassland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 1179 Slender Bamboo Grass - Spiny Saltbush grassland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 460 Tumbledown Gum - ironbark - Porcupine Grass hummock grassland / low woodland of the Mount Kaputar to Bingara region, Nandewar Bioregion
  - 1324 Windmill Grass - Bluegrass derived grassland of the Moree plains of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - 3787 Byron Graminoid Clay Heath
  - 3788 Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
  - 3789 Coastal Headland Clay Heath
  - 3791 Far North Headland-Dune Scrub
  - 3793 Hunter Coast Headland Clay Heath
  - 3794 Lower North Coast Headland Clay Heath
  - 3795 Mid North Swamp Oak Headland Scrub
  - 3796 Northern Lowland Graminoid Clay Heath
  - 3798 Tomaree Headland Rocky Scrub
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- Sydney Coastal Heaths
  - 3807 Northern Sydney Heath-Mallee
  - 3808 Northern Sydney Sandstone Rockplate Shrubland
  - 3809 Shoalhaven Rockplate Heath
  - 3810 Southern Sydney Rockplate Heath
  - 3811 Sydney Coastal Headland Cliff Scrub
  - 3812 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Headland Heath
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- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - 3800 Bouddi Headland Wallum Heath
  - 3801 Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath
  - 3802 Lower North Sandplain Wallum Heath
  - 3803 Northern Sandplain Damp Wallum Heath
  - 3805 Southern Sandplain Heath

Saline wetlands
- Mangrove Swamps
  - 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
- Saltmarshes
  - 4095 Paspalum vaginatum-Samphire Saltmarsh
  - 4096 Prickly Couch-Sea Rush Saltmarsh
  - 4097 Samphire Saltmarsh
  - 4103 Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest

Sounds

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Grass Owl. Its cricket-like call can be played above (with the call of a Spotted Marsh Frog accompanying)
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