 Carter had earlier given his observations between Albany and Cape Naturaliste, and noted it was common at springs at limestone hills near Margaret River, Western Australia; he considered a specimen he shot in a karri tree as outside its usual habitat of the dense understorey.The species is associated with dense vegetation of forest understorey, in paperbark swamps, and on heathland, river frontage, and gullies.The tree species of its wooded habitat are eucalypts, "Eucalyptus marginata" (jarrah) and "Eucalyptus diversicolor" (karri) and "Corymbia calophylla" (marri), or with "Allocasuarina" (she-oak), and "Melaleuca" (paperbark).