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Superb Parrot - South Eastern Highlands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Polytelis swainsonii
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerableexternal link
Commonwealth status: Vulnerableexternal link
Last updated: 12 Nov 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Superb Parrot is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Highlands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Bathurst Known None
Bondo Known None
Crookwell Known None
Hill End Known None
Monaro Known North of Hoskinstown
Murrumbateman Known None
Oberon Known None
Orange Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Superb Parrot - South Eastern Highlands 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)
    • Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3483 Central Gorges Box-Red Gum Grassy Forest
    • North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
      • 432 Dwyer's Red Gum - Dirty (Baradine) Gum - cypress pine shrubby woodland of the Narrabri region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 3514 Nandewar Hills Apple-White Box Shrub-Grass Woodland
      • 3516 Northwest Black Pine-Ironbark Forest
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    • Pilliga Outwash Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 702 Blakely's Red Gum riparian woodland of the Pilliga Outwash, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 411 Buloke - White Cypress Pine woodland on outwash plains in the Pilliga Scrub and Narrabri regions, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 148 Dirty Gum - Buloke - White Cypress Pine - ironbark shrubby woodland on deep sandy soils in the Liverpool Plains region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 88 Pilliga Box - White Cypress Pine - Buloke shrubby woodland in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 397 Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine shrub grass tall woodland of the Pilliga - Warialda region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3533 Avisford Sandstone Moist Sheltered Forest
      • 338 Blakely's Red Gum - Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box woodland on Wyangala Granite in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 3535 Central West Stony Ranges Pine-Ironbark Forest
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  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3701 Northwest New England Creekflat Blakelys Red Gum Forest
      • 3703 Northwest New England Felsic Ironbark-Red Gum Gully Forest
      • 3700 Northwest New England Granite Blackbutt-Apple Forest
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    • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3734 Central Tableland Dry Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
      • 3735 Central Tableland Peppermint Shrub-Grass Forest
      • 3736 Cudgegong Sandslope Scribbly Gum Woodland
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    • Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3629 Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland
      • 3628 Castlereagh Shrubby Swamp Woodland
    • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3750 Binnaway Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Shrubby Woodland
      • 341 Blakely's Red Gum - Red Box - Black Cypress Pine grass/shrub woodland on hills in the Upper Slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 54 Buloke - White Cypress Pine woodland in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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    • Yetman Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 373 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine +/- Buloke tall open forest or woodland of the Warialda to Yetman region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 422 Smooth-barked Apple - cypress pine - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - White Bloodwood tall heathy woodland of the Pilliga forests to Warialda region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 458 White Cypress Pine - Buloke - White Box shrubby open forest on hills in the Liverpool Plains - Dubbo region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  • Forested wetlands
    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4064 Central Eastern Ranges River Oak Forest
      • 4065 Central Tableland Riverine Complex
      • 4076 Northwest Ranges River Oak Forest
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    • Inland Riverine Forests
      • 356 Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 4089 Namoi-Upper Hunter River Red Gum Forest
      • 10 River Red Gum - Black Box woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
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  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Inland Floodplain Shrublands
      • 375 Budda Pea - Channel Millet ephemeral reedland wetland on floodplains in north-western NSW
      • 241 River Coobah swamp wetland on the floodplains of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Inland Floodplain Swamps
      • 3982 Southwest Floodplain Wetland Meadow
    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3930 Bondo Montane Flats Swamp Woodland
      • 3932 Central and Southern Tableland Swamp Meadow Complex
      • 3941 Megalong Valley Fringing Swamp Scrub
      • 3954 Western Central Tableland Upland Swamp
  • Grasslands
    • Riverine Plain Grasslands
      • 46 Curly Windmill Grass - speargrass - wallaby grass grassland on alluvial clay and loam on the Hay Plain, Riverina Bioregion
      • 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
      • 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
    • Temperate Montane Grasslands
      • 3378 Yass Gorge Rhyolite Grassland
    • Western Slopes Grasslands
      • 710 Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Common Woodruff clay plain grassland of northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 796 Derived grassland of the NSW South Western Slopes
      • 250 Derived tussock grassland of the central western plains and lower slopes of NSW
      • 1179 Slender Bamboo Grass - Spiny Saltbush grassland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  • Grassy woodlands
    • Floodplain Transition Woodlands
      • 248 Mixed box eucalypt woodland on low sandy-loam rises on alluvial plains in central western NSW
      • 251 Mixed Eucalypt woodlands of floodplains in the southern-eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 56 Poplar Box - Belah woodland on clay-loam soils on alluvial plains of north-central NSW
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    • New England Grassy Woodlands
      • 3356 Northwest Ranges Apple-Stringybark Sheltered Forest
    • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
      • 654 Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 3365 Bondo Slopes Red Stringybark Grassy Forest
      • 350 Candlebark - Blakely's Red Gum - Long-leaved Box grassy woodland in the Rye Park to Yass region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highland Bioregion
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    • Subalpine Woodlands
      • 3384 Mount Canobolas Grassy Forest
    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • 3337 Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3338 Goulburn Tableland Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3340 Macintyre Flats Candlebark Woodland
    • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
      • 283 Apple Box - Blakely's Red Gum moist valley and footslopes grass-forb open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 282 Blakely's Red Gum - White Box - Yellow Box - Black Cypress Pine box grass/shrub woodland on clay loam soils on undulating hills of central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 279 Blakely's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine woodland on footslopes of hills in central part of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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  • 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
    • 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)
      • 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
    • North-west Floodplain Woodlands
      • 55 Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
      • 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
    • 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
      • 258 Gum Coolabah - Mugga Ironbark - White Cypress Pine woodland on granite low hills in the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 328 Red Ironbark - Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 329 Red Ironbark - Red Stringybark - Tumbledown Gum heath low woodland on ridges, central NSW South Western Slopes
      • 332 Tumbledown Red Gum - Black Cypress Pine - Red Stringybark woodland on rocky hills in the NSW central western slopes
      • 106 White Cypress Pine - Mulga low woodland on siliceous rocky ranges mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
    • North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
      • 206 Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall woodland of alluvial sand (sand monkeys) in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 227 Silver-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple woodland on alluvial terraces in central-north NSW
    • Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
      • 28 White Cypress Pine open woodland of sand plains, prior streams and dunes mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
      • 23 Yarran tall open shrubland of the sandplains and plains of the semi-arid (warm) and arid climate zones
      • 75 Yellow Box - White Cypress Pine grassy woodland on deep sandy-loam alluvial soils of the eastern Riverina Bioregion and western NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
      • 474 Dwyer's Red Gum - she oak mallee shrubland on eolian sand in the Gilgandra region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 174 Mallee - Gum Coolabah woodland on red earth flats of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
    • Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
      • 146 Whitewood low open woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and north-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • Western Peneplain Woodlands
      • 135 Coobah - Western Rosewood low open tall shrubland or woodland mainly on outwash areas in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
      • 108 Gum Coolabah - Mulga open woodland on gravel ridges of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 245 Pine - Belah low open woodland of the western Cobar Peneplain and northern Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
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