 It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 kilometres squared.The species has been affected by the large scale clearing of jarrah forest for plantations of pine trees.The IUCN redlist (2016) has classified the species as being of least concern, citing the entry in "Threatened and extinct birds of Australia" (Garnett, 1992) that notes while much of its habitat is degraded by salinity or destroyed by changes in agricultural and water management, the usually sedentary habits of the species have not impeded their repopulation of suitable habitat.