Last updated:
01 Dec 2017
Distribution of the species within this region
The Turquoise Parrot is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the
NSW South Western Slopes Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia.
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Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Turquoise Parrot - NSW South Western Slopes 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
- Coast Grey Box - stringybark dry woodland on slopes of the Shoalhaven Gorges, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Forest Red Gum - Narrow-leaved Ironbark open forest of the southern Blue Mountains gorges, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Forest Red Gum - Yellow Box woodland of dry gorge slopes, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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- Cumberland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Castlereagh Ironbark forest
- Castlereagh shale - gravel transition forest
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Grey Box - Grey Gum - Rough-barked Apple - Blakely's Red Gum grassy open forest of the central Hunter
- Grey Box grassy open forest of the Central and Lower Hunter Valley
- Grey Gum - Rough-barked Apple shrubby open forest of the lower Hunter
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- New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Broad-leaved Stringybark grassy open forest of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
- Forest Oak - Rough-barked Apple - Silvertop Stringybark shrub grass open forest on protected slopes of the Liverpool Range
- Mountain Gum - Broad-leaved Stringybark shrubby open forest on granites of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Broad-leaved Apple - Scribbly Gum woodland in the Guy Fawkes River area of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
- Broad-leaved Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodlands of the northern gorges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
- Forest Red Gum grassy open forest of the coastal ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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- North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
- Black Cypress Pine - White Box - Tumbledown Gum shrubby open forest / woodland mainly in the Mt Kaputar region, Nandewar Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Rough-barked Apple shrubby woodland of the upper Hunter
- Dwyer's Red Gum - Dirty (Baradine) Gum - cypress pine shrubby woodland of the Narrabri region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Pilliga Outwash Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Blakely's Red Gum riparian woodland of the Pilliga Outwash, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Buloke - White Cypress Pine woodland on outwash plains in the Pilliga Scrub and Narrabri regions, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Dirty Gum - Buloke - White Cypress Pine - ironbark shrubby woodland on deep sandy soils in the Liverpool Plains region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Blakely's Red Gum - Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box woodland on Wyangala Granite in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Inland Scribbly Gum - Red Stringybark - box - Daviesia latifolia - snow grass open forest on sandy loam soils from acid volcanics in the Boorowa - Young region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregio
- Long-leaved Box - Black Cypress Pine granitic hillcrest shrubby open forest of the upper Murray Valley region, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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- Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Pink Bloodwood open forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
- Red Bloodwood - Smooth-barked Apple heathy woodland on coastal sands of the Central and lower North Coast
- Scribbly gum - Wallum Banksia - Prickly-leaved Paperbark heathy coastal woodland on coastal lowlands
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- North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Rough-barked Apple - Blakely's Red Gum - Narrow-leaved Stringybark +/- Grey Gum sandstone riparian grass fern open forest on in the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Upper Hunter region
- Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Black Cypress Pine - Caley's Ironbark - Tumbledown Red Gum shrubby woodland on Mole Granite of the Torrington area of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- Black Cypress Pine - Orange Gum - Tumbledown Red Gum shrubby woodland on granites of the Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
- Black Cypress Pine - Orange Gum heath shrubland or woodland on granite outcrops of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Old Man Banksia - Rough-barked Apple - Bangalay shrubby open forest on coastal sands of the Central Coast
- Scribbly Gum - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Bossiaea rhombifolia heathy open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
- River Peppermint - Rough-barked Apple moist open forest on sheltered sites, southern South East Corner Bioregion
- Yellow Stringybark - Coast Grey Box shrubby open forest on the coastal ranges, South East Corner Bioregion
- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Red Bloodwood - Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum - Silvertop Ash heathy open forest on sandstone plateaux of the lower Shoalhaven Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Silvertop Ash - Blue-leaved Stringybark shrubby open forest on ridges, north east South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Silvertop Ash - Narrow-leaved Peppermint open forest on ridges of the eastern tableland, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
- Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Apple Box - Broad-leaved Peppermint dry open forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - Black Cypress Pine dry shrub forest of the Lower Abercrombie area of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - Red Stringybark open forest on slopes and hills of the western slopes
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- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Grey Gum - Rough-barked Apple alluvial flat woodland in the upper Hunter Valley, mainly Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Grey Gum - Smooth-barked Apple - Blue-leaved Stringybark shrub - grass open forest on coastal ranges of the Sydney Basin
- Hawkesbury River Escarpment dry forest
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- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Silvertop Ash - Monkey Gum shrubby open forest of the western Blue Mountains
- Sydney Peppermint - Grey Gum heathy open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- Sydney Peppermint - Silvertop Ash heathy open forest on sandstone ridges of the upper Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Sydney Peppermint - Silvertop Ash shrubby low open forest of the upper Blue Mountains
- Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Castlereagh Scribbly Gum woodland
- Castlereagh swamp woodland
- Coast Banksia scrub on sand in the Elderslie area, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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- Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Black Cypress Pine - Dwyer's Gum low woodland / open forest on rocky ridges mainly of the Nandewar Range
- Black Cypress Pine - ironbark +/- Narrow-leaved Wattle low open forest mainly on Narrabeen Sandstone in the Upper Hunter region of the Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Black Cypress Pine - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - red gum +/- White Bloodwood shrubby open forest on hills of the southern Pilliga, Coonabarabran and Garawilla regions, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Yetman Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Black Cypress Pine - Dirty Gum - bloodwood - She Oak open forest on siliceous hills in the northern NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Black Cypress Pine - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Dirty Gum grassy open forest of north western Nandewar Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - Smooth-barked Apple shrub swamp woodland on siliceous white sands in the Yetman region
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- Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
- Cabbage Gum-Rough-barked Apple grassy woodland on alluvial floodplains of the lower Hunter
- Coastal Swamp Paperbark - Swamp Oak scrub
- Cumberland riverflat forest
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- Eastern Riverine Forests
- Coastal sandstone riparian scrub
- River Oak - Rough-barked Apple - red gum - box riparian tall woodland (wetland) of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
- River Oak forest and woodland wetland of the NSW South Western Slopes and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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- Inland Riverine Forests
- Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- River Red Gum herbaceous-grassy very tall open forest wetland on inner floodplains in the lower slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and the eastern Riverina Bioregion.
- River Red Gum riparian tall woodland / open forest wetland in the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- River Red Gum swampy woodland wetland on cowals (lakes) and associated flood channels in central NSW
- River Red Gum tall to very tall open forest / woodland wetland on rivers on floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Heath Swamps
- Coastal upland damp heath swamp
- Coastal upland wet heath swamp
- Prickly Tea-tree - sedge wet heath on sandstone plateaux, central and southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Montane Bogs and Fens
- Tableland swamp meadow on impeded drainage sites of the western Sydney Basin Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
- Blakely's Red Gum - Rough-barked Apple shrubby woodland of central and upper Hunter
- Bull Oak grassy woodland of the central Hunter Valley
- Cabbage Gum - Broad-leaved Apple open forest of the eastern escarpment, NSW North Coast Bioregion and South Eastern Queensland Bioregion
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- Floodplain Transition Woodlands
- Carbeen +/- Coolabah grassy woodland on floodplain clay loam soil on north-western NSW floodplains, mainly Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
- Mixed box eucalypt woodland on low sandy-loam rises on alluvial plains in central western NSW
- Poplar Box grassy woodland on alluvial clay-loam soils mainly in the temperate (hot summer) climate zone of central NSW (wheatbelt).
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- New England Grassy Woodlands
- Bendemeer White Gum - Silvertop Stringybark - Rough-barked Apple +/- Moonbi Apple Box grassy open forest of the southern New England Tableland Bioregion
- Black Sallee plateau low woodland in the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
- Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box - Rough-barked Apple grassy woodland of the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum moist sedgey woodland on flats and drainage lines of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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- Subalpine Woodlands
- Snow Gum - Candle Bark woodland on broad valley flats of the tablelands and slopes, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
- Black Sallee grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- Candlebark - Ribbon Gum grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- New England Peppermint grassy woodland on sedimentary or basaltic substrates of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
- Apple Box - Blakely's Red Gum moist valley and footslopes grass-forb open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Apple Box - Rough-barked Apple terrace flats woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Apple Box - Silver Banksia - Drooping Sheoak open woodland - tall shrubland in protected gullies of the Coolac - Tumut serpentinite belt, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion.
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- Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
- Camfield's Stringybark - Narrow-leaved Stringybark heathy woodland on lowlands of the Central Coast
- Coastal headland clay heath
- Wallum Banksia-Monotoca scoparia heath on coastal sands of the Central Coast and lower North Coast
- Sydney Coastal Heaths
- Sydney Montane Heaths
- Banksia - Red Bloodwood - Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum heathy open woodland on sandstone plateaux, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Wallum Sand Heaths
- Coastal sand mantle heath
- Coastal sandplain heath
- Dwarf Casuarina - Wallum Banksia heath on coastal headlands of Central Coast
- Rainforests
- Dry Rainforests
- Grey Myrtle - Grey Gum gully dry rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- Grey Myrtle - Lilly Pilly dry rainforest in dry gullies of the Sydney Basin Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
- Coachwood - Lilly Pilly warm temperate rainforest in moist sandstone gullies, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
- Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
- Dwyer's Red Gum - Currawang grassy low woodland of the central western plains of NSW
- Dwyer's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine - Currawang low shrub-grass woodland of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- Dwyer's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine - Currawang shrubby woodland mainly in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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- North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
- Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - Curracabah - White Box tall woodland on sand in the Narrabri - Warialda region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall woodland of alluvial sand (sand monkeys) in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Silver-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple woodland on alluvial terraces in central-north NSW
- Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
- 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
- Dwyer's Red Gum - she oak mallee shrubland on eolian sand in the Gilgandra region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Mallee - Gum Coolabah woodland on red earth flats of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- Red Mallee - White Mallee extremely tall tree mallee on silty-loam-clay soils of central south-western NSW
- Sandplain mallee of central NSW
- Western Peneplain Woodlands
- Poplar Box grassy woodland on flats mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- White Cypress Pine - Poplar Box woodland on footslopes and peneplains mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
- Large-fruited Grey Gum - White Mahogany shrub - grass open forest on the slopes of Barrington Tops and lower North Coast
- Smooth-barked Apple - Turpentine - Blackbutt open forest on ranges of the Central Coast
- Sydney Blue Gum - Deane's Gum - River Peppermint shrubby riparian tall forest of the lower Colo River, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Turpentine - Smooth-barked Apple moist shrubby forest of the lower Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
- Silvertop Stringybark - Rough-barked Apple - Bundy open forest of the Liverpool Ranges and Northern Tablelands escarpment
- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
- Ribbon Gum - Parramatta Wattle - Rough-barked Apple shrubby open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- River Peppermint - Narrow-leaved Peppermint open forest on sheltered escarpment slopes, Sydney Basin Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
- Sydney Peppermint - White Stringybark moist shrubby forest on elevated ridges, Sydney Basin Bioregion