Conservation status in NSW:
Last updated:
14 Apr 2021
Distribution of the species within this region
The White-throated Needletail is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the
Darling Riverine Plains Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia.
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Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the White-throated Needletail - Darling Riverine Plains is known to
be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information
about it.
- Alpine complex
- Alpine Bogs and Fens
- Alpine and sub-alpine peatlands, damp herbfields and fens, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and Australian Alps Bioregion
- Kosciuszko Alpine Wet Heath
- Kosciuszko Range Boggy Herbfield
- Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Damp Heath
- Alpine Fjaeldmarks
- Alpine Snowpatch Feldmark
- Alpine Windswept Feldmark
- Alpine Heaths
- Alpine shrubland on scree, blockstreams and rocky sites of high altitude areas of Kosciuszko National Park, Australian Alps Bioregion
- Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassy Open Heath
- Kosciuszko High Plateau Grassy Open Heath
- Kosciuszko Rocky Podocarpus Heath
- Namadgi Subalpine Rocky Shrubland
- Alpine Herbfields
- Alpine grassland/herbfield and open heathlands in Kosciuszko National Park, Australian Alps Bioregion
- Alpine Short Herbfield
- Alpine short snowpatch herbfield of the Kosciuszko Main Range, Australian Alps Bioregion
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- Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
- Coastal Heath Swamps
- Baeckea linifolia - Grevillea acanthifolia subsp. acanthifolia shrub/sedge swamp on sandstone, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Banksia oblongifolia-Hakea teretifolia/Leptocarpus tenax-Lepyrodia scariosa wet heath on sandstone ranges of the Central Coast
- Blue Mountains Creekline Shrub Swamp
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- Inland Floodplain Shrublands
- Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
- Lignum shrubland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) plains (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
- Lignum shrubland wetland on regularly flooded alluvial depressions in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
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- Inland Floodplain Swamps
- Artesian Mound Spring sedgeland wetland mainly of the Mulga Lands Bioregion
- Common Reed - Bushy Groundsel aquatic tall reedland grassland wetland of inland river systems
- Cumbungi rushland wetland of shallow semi-permanent water bodies and inland watercourses
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- Montane Bogs and Fens
- Baloskion stenocoleum - Bog Snow-grass sedgeland of the Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands
- Baloskion stenocoleum - Small-fruit Hakea wet heath of the Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands
- Barrington Granodiorite Subalpine Swamp Woodland
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- Montane Lakes
- Basalt plateau lagoons of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- Lakebed ephemeral herbfield or grassland on the tablelands, Sydney Basin and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Montane lakes of the Monaro region, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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- Grasslands
- Maritime Grasslands
- Beach Spinifex grassland
- Central Headland Grassland
- Coastal dune swale wetland at Cape Howe, far southern South East Corner Bioregion
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- Riverine Plain Grasslands
- Curly Windmill Grass - speargrass - wallaby grass grassland on alluvial clay and loam on the Hay Plain, Riverina Bioregion
- Forb-rich Speargrass - Windmill Grass - White Top grassland of the Riverina Bioregion
- Plains Grass grassland on alluvial mainly clay soils in the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Speargrass natural grassland of the sandplains of the Murray Darling Bioregion
- Temperate Montane Grasslands
- Derived grassland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
- Derived grasslands of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion - exposed slopes and ridges around Oberon and Gurnang
- Derived grasslands of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion - exposed slopes and ridges between Lithgow and Mt Lambie
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- Western Slopes Grasslands
- Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Common Woodruff clay plain grassland of northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Derived grassland of the NSW South Western Slopes
- Derived grasslands of the Capertee Valley
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- Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
- Acacia Creek Grassy Forest
- Araluen Scarp Grassy Forest
- Blakely's Red Gum - Rough-barked Apple shrubby woodland of central and upper Hunter
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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
- Mixed Eucalypt woodlands of floodplains in the southern-eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
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- New England Grassy Woodlands
- Armidale Creekflat Snow Gum Woodland-Scrub
- Armidale Quartz Hills Stringybark Forest
- Bendemeer White Gum - Silvertop Stringybark - Rough-barked Apple +/- Moonbi Apple Box grassy open forest of the southern New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
- Apple Box - Chalker's Wattle woodland on limestone slopes near Wombeyan Caves, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Black Sallee - River Tussock open woodland of the South Eastern Highlands
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- Subalpine Woodlands
- Alpine Snow Gum - Snow Gum shrubby woodland at intermediate altitudes in northern Kosciuszko NP, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and Australian Alps Bioregion
- Alpine Snow Gum shrubby open woodland at high altitudes in Kosciuszko NP, Australian Alps Bioregion
- Apple Box - Candlebark - Snow Gum shrubby open forest on valley floors, southern South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
- Black Sallee - Snow Gum grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- Black Sallee grassy woodland of the Barrington plateau
- Black Sallee grassy woodland 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
- Bracelet Honey-myrtle - Coast Tea-tree tall shrubland on headlands, South East Corner Bioregion
- Byron Graminoid Clay Heath
- Camfield's Stringybark - Narrow-leaved Stringybark heathy woodland on lowlands of the Central Coast
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- Northern Montane Heaths
- Barool Tea-tree-Bottlebrush Rocky Scrub
- Bell-fruited Mallee tall heath on granite of the Gibraltar Range area of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
- Bellinger Escarpment Rockplate Mallee Heath
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- South Coast Heaths
- Eurobodalla Headland Heath
- Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath
- Mount Nadgee Heath
- Scrub She-oak - Swamp Banksia coastal lowland heath, southern South East Corner Bioregion
- Swamp Banksia - Slender Tea-tree wet heath on Mt Nadgee, southern South East Corner Bioregion
- Southern Montane Heaths
- Argyle Apple montane heath on rock outcrops in the ACT, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Bendethera Limestone Wattle Scrub
- Big Badja Rocky Heath
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- Sydney Coastal Heaths
- Sydney Montane Heaths
- Allocasuarina nana heathland at Genowlan Point, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Banksia - Red Bloodwood - Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum heathy open woodland on sandstone plateaux, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Blue Mountains Mallee Ash - Dwarf Casuarina heath of the upper Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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- Wallum Sand Heaths
- Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
- Antarctic Beech - Black Olive Berry - Sassafras cool temperate rainforest in high altitude areas of the Barrington Tops
- Antarctic Beech - Sassafras cool temperate rainforest in high altitude areas of the Barrington Tops
- Antarctic Beech cool temperate rainforest of the New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
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- Dry Rainforests
- Black Bean - Weeping Lilly Pilly riparian rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
- Brown Myrtle - Lilly Pilly dry rainforest on ranges of the Central and lower North Coast
- Carnham Dry Rainforest
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- Littoral Rainforests
- Brush Box - Tuckeroo littoral rainforest on coastal headlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
- Coastal dune littoral rainforest
- Coastal escarpment littoral rainforest
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- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
- Bangalow Palm - Coachwood - Sassafras gully warm temperate rainforest of the Central Coast
- Blue Mountains Gorge Warm Temperate Rainforest
- Central Coast Gallery Rainforest
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- Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
- Coachwood - Brown Possumwood warm temperate rainforest in sheltered gullies of the Illawarra Escarpment, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Lilly Pilly - Sassafras warm temperate rainforest in moist sheltered gullies, Sydney Basin Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
- Lilly Pilly - Sweet Pittosporum - Rough Tree-fern warm temperate rainforest in steep sheltered gullies, southern South East Corner Bioregion
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- Subtropical Rainforests
- Black Booyong - Brown Beech - Soft Corkwood - Rosewood Subtropical Rainforest on the escarpment of the lower North Coast
- Black Booyong - Giant Stinging Tree - Rosewood - Moreton Bay Fig lowland subtropical rainforest of the lower North Coast
- Black Booyong - Rosewood - Yellow Carabeen subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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- Western Vine Thickets
- Belah - Wilga +/- White Box dry viney scrub woodland the NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Brigalow viney scrub open forest on loamy soils in low hill landscapes in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Carbeen tall open woodland - Mock Olive tall closed vine thicket on basalt hills in the Northern Basalt sub-region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- Brigalow Clay Plain Woodlands
- Brigalow - Belah open forest / woodland on alluvial often gilgaied clay from Pilliga Scrub to Goondiwindi, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Brigalow - Bladder Saltbush open woodland to tall open shrubland in the Come-By-Chance region, Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Brigalow - Gidgee open woodland on clay plains west of the Culgoa River, Mulga Lands Bioregion
- Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
- Poplar Box - Yellow Box - Western Grey Box grassy woodland on cracking clay soils mainly in the Liverpool Plains, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Inland Floodplain Woodlands
- Black Box - Lignum woodland wetland of the inner floodplains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
- Black Box grassy open woodland wetland of rarely flooded depressions in south western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
- Black Box open woodland wetland with chenopod understorey mainly on the outer floodplains in south-western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
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- North-west Floodplain Woodlands
- Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
- Black Box low woodland wetland lining ephemeral watercourses or fringing lakes and clay pans of semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
- Black Box woodland wetland on NSW central and northern floodplains including the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
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- Riverine Plain Woodlands
- Central Hunter Weeping Myall Forest
- Weeping Myall - Plains Grass grassy woodlands of the Brigalow Belt South
- Weeping Myall open woodland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Weeping Myall open woodland of the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
- Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
- Beyeria - Mintbush - Tumbledown Red Gum shrubland - low woodland on conglomerate outcrops in the Wellington region, NSW central western slopes
- Blue Mallee - Bull Mallee - Green Mallee very tall mallee shrubland of the West Wyalong region, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Broombush - Green Mallee - Blue Mallee very tall shrubland on stony rises 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
- Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - River Red Gum - bloodwood tall woodland on sandy loam alluvial and eolian soils in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall woodland of alluvial sand (sand monkeys) in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Mixed scrub low open woodland on sand rises and dunes on floodplains 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
- Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
- Silver-leaved Ironbark - Poplar Box +/- Ironwood shrub - grass woodland on rises in the north-western plains of NSW