Nature conservation

Threatened species

Pale-vented Bush-hen - Ocean: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Amaurornis moluccana
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 12 Feb 2018

Distribution of the species within this region

The Pale-vented Bush-hen 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
Tweed-Moreton Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Pale-vented Bush-hen - 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
      • 4016 Clarence Floodplain Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4026 Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4028 Estuarine Swamp Oak Twig-rush Forest
      • 4027 Estuarine Swamp Oak-Mangrove Forest
      • 4029 Far North Creekflat Paperbark Swamp Forest
      • 4030 Far North Estuarine Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4032 Far North Floodplain Red Gum Sedge Forest
      • 4033 Far North Hinterland Flats Mesic Apple Forest
      • 4034 Far North Swamp Oak-Tuckeroo Swamp Fringe Forest
      • 4044 Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
      • 4045 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
      • 4046 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Red Gum Forest
      • 4047 Northern Swamp Mahogany-Bottlebrush Swamp Forest
      • 4048 Northern Swamp Oak-Paperbark Forest
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    • Coastal Swamp Forests
      • 3984 Clarence Lowland Paperbark Sedge Swamp Woodland
      • 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak 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
      • 3993 Far North Swamp Oak-Paperbark Tidal Forest
      • 4000 Northern Estuarine Paperbark Sedge Forest
      • 4001 Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
      • 4002 Northern Lowland Orange Gum Dry Swamp Forest
      • 4003 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
      • 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
      • 4005 Northern Paperbark Banksia Littoral Forest
      • 4006 Northern Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Saw-sedge Forest
      • 4007 Northern Sands Paperbark Sedge Low Forest
      • 4008 Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
      • 3992 Northern Sandy Alluvium Heathy Swamp Forest
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    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4069 Far North Creekline Wet Forest
      • 4070 Far North River Oak Wet Forest
      • 4073 Lower North Hinterland River Oak Forest
      • 4077 Northern Coastal River Oak Wet Forest
      • 4078 Northern Gorges River Oak Forest
      • 4079 Northern Hinterland Grassy River Oak Forest
      • 3020 Northern Hinterland River Oak Sheltered Forest
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  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
      • 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
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    • Coastal Heath Swamps
      • 3898 Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple Banksia Forest
      • 3899 Clarence Sandstone Plateau Wet Heath
      • 3907 Lower North Sands Swamp Scrub
      • 3908 Lower North Sands Wallum Bottlebrush Swamp Heath
      • 3906 Northern Lowland Clay Wet Heath
      • 3911 Northern Sand Swale Fernland
      • 3912 Northern Sand Swale Paperbark Sedge Shrubland
      • 3900 Northern Sandplain Saw-sedge-Fern Swamp Heath
      • 3913 Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
      • 3915 Northern Sands Prickly Tea-tree Wet Shrubland
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  • Grassy woodlands
    • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
      • 3316 Clarence Gorges Foothills Red Gum Dry Forest
      • 3317 Clarence Ranges Moist Grassy Gully Forest
      • 3323 Far North Lowland Basalt Grassy Forest
      • 3322 Far North Ranges Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3329 Northern Hinterland Valleys Red Gum Grassy Forest
  • Rainforests
    • Cool Temperate Rainforests
      • 3048 Border Ranges Antarctic Beech Rainforest
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 3059 Clarence Lowland Riparian Red Gum Wet Forest
      • 3061 Clarence-Richmond Riverine Rainforest
      • 3065 Far North Basalt Gully Dry Rainforest
      • 3066 Far North Floodplain Dry Rainforest
      • 3068 Far North Grey Myrtle Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
      • 3064 Far North Hoop Pine Dry Rainforest
      • 3072 Glenugie Peak Dry Rainforest
      • 3086 Lower North Hinterland Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3089 Lower North Waterhousea Riparian Rainforest
      • 3091 Lower North Waterhousea-Water Gum Rainforest
      • 3092 Lower Richmond Floodplain Waterhousea Forest
      • 3010 Lower Richmond Lowland Hills Dry Rainforest
      • 3093 Mooball Dry Rainforest
      • 3097 Northern Escarpment Dry Rainforest
      • 3098 Northern Escarpment Grey Myrtle Gully Rainforest
      • 3099 Northern Escarpment Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 3104 Richmond Valley Riparian Waterhousea Forest
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    • Littoral Rainforests
      • 3122 Far North Littoral Rainforest
      • 3123 Far North Sands Coastal Cypress Littoral Rainforest
      • 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
      • 3127 Mid North Headland Brush Box Littoral Rainforest
      • 3129 Mid North Sands Littoral Rainforest
      • 3130 Mid North Tuckeroo-Paperbark Littoral Wet Forest
      • 3132 Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
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    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3027 Gibraltar Range Tea-tree-Phebalium Shrubland
      • 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
      • 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
      • 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
      • 3034 Northern Gorges Riparian Rainforest
      • 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
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    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3121 Broken Head Lowland Rainforest
      • 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest
      • 4031 Far North Estuarine Swamp Oak Rainforest
      • 3005 Far North Floodplain Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3007 Far North Lowland Black Bean Riverine Rainforest
      • 3009 Far North Lowland Palm Gully Rainforest
      • 3008 Far North Lowland Sub-Littoral Rainforest
      • 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3006 Far North Riverine Bangalow Palm Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3012 Far North Waterhousea Riparian Rainforest
      • 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 3001 Lismore Basalt Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3002 Lower Richmond Hills Dry-Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3015 Lower Richmond Sandflat Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3016 Lower Tweed Hills Subtropical Dry Rainforest
      • 3017 Mid North Lowland Floodplain Rainforest
      • 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
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  • Saline wetlands
    • Mangrove Swamps
      • 4090 Far North Estuarine Mangrove-Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4140 Far North Mangrove Forest
      • 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
    • Saltmarshes
      • 4096 Prickly Couch-Sea Rush Saltmarsh
      • 4103 Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh
  • 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
      • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
      • 3249 Northern Bloodwood-Ironbark Moist Grassy 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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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3139 Border Ranges Brush Box-Tallowwood Wet Forest
      • 3142 Clarence Lowland Sandstone Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3060 Clarence Lowland Waterhousea Riparian Forest
      • 3147 Far North Brush Box-Bloodwood Wet Forest
      • 3148 Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
      • 3067 Far North Floodplain Wet Layered Forest
      • 3149 Far North Hinterland Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3084 Lower North Brown Myrtle Wet Forest
      • 3157 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Wet Forest
      • 3158 Lower North Foothills Turpentine-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
      • 3087 Lower North Ranges Riparian Turpentine Forest
      • 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
      • 3088 Lower North Valleys Red Gum Wet Forest
      • 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
      • 3162 Mid North Lowland Flooded Gum-Palm 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
      • 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3102 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine 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
      • 3177 Tweed Valley Lowland Wet Forest
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    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
      • 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3207 Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest
      • 3203 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
      • 3204 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Maple Wet Forest
      • 3205 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
      • 3208 Northern Escarpment Rocky Blackbutt Scrub Woodland
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