Nature conservation

Threatened species

Mukarrthippi Grasswren - Riverina: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Amytornis striatus striatus
Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangeredexternal link
Commonwealth status: Critically Endangeredexternal link
Last updated: 22 Feb 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Mukarrthippi Grasswren is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Riverina Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Lachlan Known North of the Hillston to Mossgiel Road

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Mukarrthippi Grasswren - Riverina is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Dune Mallee Woodlands
      • 172 Deep sand mallee of irregular dunefields of the semi-arid (warm) zone
      • 171 Spinifex linear dune mallee mainly of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
    • Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
      • 178 Broombush - Green Mallee - Blue Mallee very tall shrubland on stony rises in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
      • 142 Broombush shrubland in the mallee landscapes of the temperate and semi-arid (warm) climate zones
      • 355 Bull Mallee - White Mallee tall mallee woodland on red sandy loam soils in the central western slopes of NSW
      • 174 Mallee - Gum Coolabah woodland on red earth flats of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 173 Sandplain mallee of central NSW