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Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (inland subspecies) - Murray Darling Depression: Distribution and vegetation associations
Scientific name:
Calyptorhynchus banksii samueli
Conservation status in NSW:
Vulnerable
Commonwealth status:
Not listed
Last updated:
31 Jul 2024
Distribution of the species within this region
The Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (inland subspecies) is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Murray Darling Depression Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.
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Darling Depression
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Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (inland subspecies) - Murray Darling Depression 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)
Gibber Transition Shrublands
197 Black Box - Gidgee - chenopod low open woodland wetland on alluvial clay soils in the Culgoa River region of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Mulga Lands Bioregion
118 Gidgee chenopod woodland on red-brown clays in the semi-arid (hot) climate zone mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion.
North-west Plain Shrublands
144 Leopardwood low woodland mainly on clayey soils in the semi-arid zone
125 Mulga - Ironwood shrubland on loams and clays mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
213 Murrays Wattle sparse shrubland/forbland on sand rises of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
264 Supplejack woodland of the NSW north-western semi-arid plains
77 Yarran shrubland of the NSW central to northern slopes and plains
Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
128 Nelia tall open shrubland of semi-arid sandplains
119 Sandplain Mulga tall shrubland - open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid climate zones
69 White Cypress Pine - Mulga shrubland on plains and sandplains in the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) climate zones.
215 Woollybutt Grass open grassland on red earths of the inland plains
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
154 Pearl Bluebush low open shrubland of the arid and semi-arid plains
151 Sandhill Cane Grass hummock grassland on siliceous sands on dune crests of the arid zone
Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
156 Bladder Saltbush shrubland on stony plains and downs of the arid zone
150 Bottlewasher - Copperburr grassland of the arid zone
224 Cotton Bush - copperburr open shrubland of the arid climate zone
136 Prickly Wattle open shrubland of drainage lines on stony rises and plains of the arid climate zone
183 Windmill Grass - love grass - daisy derived grassland/forbland of arid climate zone
Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
195 Bladder Saltbush chenopod shrubland on alluvial plains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
212 Chenopod low open shrubland - ephemeral partly derived forbland saline wetland on occasionally flooded pale clay scalds in the NSW North Western Plains
377 Copperburr low open shrubland on loam - clay flats and playas, western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and northern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
168 Derived Copperburr shrubland of the NSW northern inland alluvial floodplains
163 Dillon Bush (Nitre Bush) shrubland of the semi-arid and arid zones
158 Old Man Saltbush - mixed chenopod shrubland of the semi-arid hot (persistently dry) and arid climate zones (north-western NSW)
211 Slender Saltbush - samphire - copperburr low open shrubland wetland on irreguarly innundated floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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Forested wetlands
Inland Riverine Forests
356 Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
11 River Red Gum - Lignum very tall open forest or woodland wetland on floodplains of semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
233 River Red Gum - Poplar Box grassy woodland wetland on Quaternary alluvial sandy-loam soils of the Cobar Peneplain
78 River Red Gum riparian tall woodland / open forest wetland in the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
249 River Red Gum swampy woodland wetland on cowals (lakes) and associated flood channels in central NSW
36 River Red Gum tall to very tall open forest / woodland wetland on rivers on floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
234 River Red Gum woodland wetland of rocky creeks in the ranges of the arid climate zone
362 Weeping Bottlebrush - Rough-barked Apple riparian low open forest / tall shrubland wetland mainly in the Briglaow Belt South Bioregion
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Freshwater wetlands
Inland Floodplain Shrublands
375 Budda Pea - Channel Millet ephemeral reedland wetland on floodplains in north-western NSW
24 Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
115 Eurah shrubland of inland floodplains
161 Golden Goosefoot shrubland wetland in swamps of the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) zones
25 Lignum shrubland wetland on floodplains and depressions of the Mulga Lands Bioregion, Channel Country Bioregion in the arid and semi-arid (hot) climate zones
247 Lignum shrubland wetland on regularly flooded alluvial depressions in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
160 Nitre Goosefoot shrubland wetland on clays of the inland floodplains
241 River Coobah swamp wetland on the floodplains of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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Grasslands
Riverine Plain Grasslands
165 Derived corkscrew grass grassland/forbland on sandplains and plains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
45 Plains Grass grassland on alluvial mainly clay soils in the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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
619 Derived Wire Grass grassland of the NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
1324 Windmill Grass - Bluegrass derived grassland of the Moree plains of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
Grassy woodlands
Floodplain Transition Woodlands
628 Carbeen +/- Coolabah grassy woodland on floodplain clay loam soil on north-western NSW floodplains, mainly Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
56 Poplar Box - Belah woodland on clay-loam soils on alluvial plains of north-central NSW
244 Poplar Box grassy woodland on alluvial clay-loam soils mainly in the temperate (hot summer) climate zone of central NSW (wheatbelt).
76 Western Grey Box tall grassy woodland on alluvial loam and clay soils in the NSW South Western Slopes and Riverina Bioregions
Miscellaneous ecosystems
Highly disturbed areas with no or limited native vegetation
99997 Highly disturbed areas - road verges, table drains, road embankments, ploughed paddocks etc.
Saline wetlands
Inland Saline lakes
166 Disturbed annual saltbush forbland on clay plains and inundation zones mainly of south-western NSW
189 Ephemeral forbland wetland of low-saline lake-beds of the arid and semi-arid (warm) climate zones
63 Spiny Lignum - Slender Glasswort open forbland sailine wetland on lake edges in the semi-arid and arid climate zones
Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
Brigalow Clay Plain Woodlands
35 Brigalow - Belah open forest / woodland on alluvial often gilgaied clay from Pilliga Scrub to Goondiwindi, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
31 Brigalow - Gidgee open woodland on clay plains west of the Culgoa River, Mulga Lands Bioregion
29 Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
Inland Floodplain Woodlands
13 Black Box - Lignum woodland wetland of the inner floodplains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
16 Black Box grassy open woodland wetland of rarely flooded depressions in south western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
454 River Red Gum grassy chenopod open tall woodland (wetland) on floodplain clay soil of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
208 River Red Gum low woodland of rocky gorges and creeks in the Cobar Peneplain
438 River Red Gum riparian tall woodland wetland on basaltic alluvial soils mainly in the Liverpool Plains sub-region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
83 Yellow Box woodland on sandy loam soils on alluvial plains mainly in the upper Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
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North-west Floodplain Woodlands
55 Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
38 Black Box low woodland wetland lining ephemeral watercourses or fringing lakes and clay pans of semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
37 Black Box woodland wetland on NSW central and northern floodplains including the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
39 Coolabah - River Coobah - Lignum woodland wetland of frequently flooded floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
40 Coolabah open woodland wetland with chenopod/grassy ground cover on grey and brown clay floodplains
87 Poplar Box - Coolabah floodplain woodland on light clay soil mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
207 Poplar Box grassy low woodland of drainage lines and depressions of the semi-arid (hot) and arid zone climate zones
200 River Red Gum woodland wetland of lake fringes in the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
67 Yapunyah woodland wetland of Cuttaburra-Paroo River system, Mulga Lands Bioregion
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Riverine Plain Woodlands
27 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
26 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
218 Grey Mallee - Mulga shrubland of the north-western Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
428 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - Curracabah - White Box tall woodland on sand in the Narrabri - Warialda region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
71 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - River Red Gum - bloodwood tall woodland on sandy loam alluvial and eolian soils in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
376 Mixed scrub low open woodland on sand rises and dunes on floodplains in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
Semi-arid Sand Plain Woodlands
59 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Leopardwood low open woodland on sandplain and sandy flats in semi arid (hot) and arid climate zones
57 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Wilga woodland of central NSW including the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
117 Buck Spinifex shrubby hummock grassland / Coolabah Apple - Silver-leaved Ironbark open woodland on deep sand in the Enngonia to Cumborah regions, north western NSW
192 Silver-leaved Ironbark - Poplar Box +/- Ironwood shrub - grass woodland on rises in the north-western plains of NSW
146 Whitewood low open woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and north-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
Western Peneplain Woodlands
245 Pine - Belah low open woodland of the western Cobar Peneplain and northern Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
246 Pine shrubland of the western Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
103 Poplar Box - Gum Coolabah - White Cypress Pine shrubby woodland mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
109 Poplar Box - Mulga - Ironwood woodland on red loam soils on plains in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and north-eastern Mulga Lands Bioregion
105 Poplar Box grassy woodland on flats mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
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