Nature conservation

Threatened species

Orange-bellied Parrot - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Neophema chrysogaster
Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered
Commonwealth status: Critically Endangered
Last updated: 20 Jun 2019

Distribution of the species within this region

The Orange-bellied Parrot is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Illawarra Known Within 5 km of high water mark
Jervis Predicted Within 5 km of high water mark
Pittwater Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Orange-bellied Parrot - Sydney Basin 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
      • 4028 Estuarine Swamp Oak Twig-rush Forest
      • 4027 Estuarine Swamp Oak-Mangrove Forest
      • 4035 Far South Floodplain Wetland Paperbark Scrub
      • 4049 South Coast Floodplain Grassy Swamp Forest
      • 4050 South Coast Floodplain Wetland Paperbark Scrub
      • 4051 South Coast Lowland Red Gum-Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4054 South Coast Tidal Flats Samolus Paperbark-Grey Box Forest
      • 4056 Southern Estuarine Swamp Paperbark Creekflat Scrub
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    • Coastal Swamp Forests
      • 3985 Coastal Floodplain Swamp Paperbark Scrub
      • 4009 Shoalhaven Lowland Flats Wet Swamp Forest
  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
      • 3963 Estuarine Reedland
      • 3974 Pambula Dune Swale Red Gum Swamp Woodland
      • 4098 South Coast Dune Sea Spray Wetland
      • 3957 South Coast Sands Shrub Swamp
      • 3975 Southern Lower Floodplain Freshwater Wetland
      • 3976 Southern Sands Freshwater Lagoon Wetland
      • 3977 Sydney Coastal Headland Lagoon Sedgeland
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    • Coastal Heath Swamps
      • 3920 Coastal Clifftop Shrubby Marsh
      • 3921 Coastal Sydney Sand Saw-sedge Wet Shrubland
      • 3901 Far South Hinterland Heath
      • 3903 Far Southeast Lowland Heath Swamp
      • 3902 Far Southeast Shrubby Swamp Woodland
      • 3905 Jervis Bay Headland Dune Wet Heath
      • 3917 Shoalhaven Lowland Heath
      • 3922 Sydney Coastal Sand Swamp Scrub
      • 3923 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Creekline Swamp Heath
      • 3925 Sydney Sandstone Button Grass Sedgeland
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  • Heathlands
    • Coastal Headland Heaths
      • 3788 Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
      • 3789 Coastal Headland Clay Heath
      • 3792 Far Southeast Headland Scrub
    • South Coast Heaths
      • 3815 Eurobodalla Headland Heath
      • 3816 Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath
    • Sydney Coastal Heaths
      • 3809 Shoalhaven Rockplate Heath
      • 3810 Southern Sydney Rockplate Heath
      • 3811 Sydney Coastal Headland Cliff Scrub
      • 3812 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Headland Heath
    • Wallum Sand Heaths
      • 3805 Southern Sandplain Heath
  • Saline wetlands
    • Saltmarshes
      • 4092 Coastal Headland Sea Spray Grassland
      • 4094 Estuarine Club Rush-Arrowgrass Wetland
      • 4095 Paspalum vaginatum-Samphire Saltmarsh
      • 4096 Prickly Couch-Sea Rush Saltmarsh
      • 4097 Samphire Saltmarsh
      • 4102 South Coast Bracelet Honey-myrtle Sea Rush Saltmarsh
      • 4040 South Coast Selliera-Sea Rush Swamp Oak Saltmarsh
      • 4101 South Coast Spear-grass Saltmarsh
      • 4103 Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh
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