 The noisy miner primarily inhabits dry , open eucalypt forests without understory shrubs . It is commonly found in open <unk> forests , including those on coastal dunes or granite <unk> ; forests dominated by spotted gum on mountain ridges and exposed slopes ; box and ironbark forests on the foothills of the Great <unk> Range ; mixed forests of eucalypts and <unk> ( <unk> ) ; forests dominated by <unk> , <unk> , <unk> , <unk> or <unk> bush ; in stands of <unk> and scattered clumps of <unk> ; on the edges of woodlands of river red gum including swamp woodlands bordering floodplains , and areas dominated by exotic species such as European ash and <unk> . It regularly inhabits degraded patches of forest where the understory has been cleared , including recently burned areas , and modified habitats such as lightly @-@ <unk> farming and grazing areas , roadside reserves , <unk> remnants in towns and cities , and suburban parks and gardens with trees and grass but without dense shrubbery . 
