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Broad-billed Sandpiper - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Limicola falcinellus

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 13 Oct 2021

Distribution of the species within this region

The Broad-billed Sandpiper is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the NSW North Coast Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Coffs Coast and Escarpment	Predicted	tidal influenced water bodies within 15 km of coast
Karuah Manning	Known	None
Macleay Hastings	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Broad-billed Sandpiper - NSW North Coast 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
  - 3509 Capertee Escarpment Slaty Gum-Ironbark Forest
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3431 Central Hunter Ironbark Grassy Woodland
  - 3432 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3433 Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3435 Hunter Coast Lowland Flats Damp Forest
  - 3437 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
  - 3436 Hunter Coast Sandy Creekflat Low Paperbark Scrub
  - 3434 Hunter Coast White Mahogany Low Forest
  - 3438 Hunter Escarpment Footslopes Ironbark Forest
  - 3439 Hunter Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 4158 Hunter Escarpment Pokolbin Ironbark Woodland
  - 3441 Lower Hunter Clay Heath
  - 3442 Lower Hunter Lowland Ironbark-Paperbark Forest
  - 3443 Lower Hunter Spotted Gum Scrubby Transition Forest
  - 3444 Lower Hunter Spotted Gum-Ironbark Forest
  - 3445 Lower North Coastal Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3446 Lower North Foothills Ironbark-Box-Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3447 Shoalhaven Foothills Spotted Gum Forest
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- North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
  - 3513 Kaputar White Box-Apple Sheltered Forest
  - 3514 Nandewar Hills Apple-White Box Shrub-Grass Woodland
  - 3515 Nandewar Serpentinite Red Stringybark Woodland
  - 3516 Northwest Black Pine-Ironbark Forest
  - 3517 Northwest Creekflat Blakelys Red Gum Shrub-Grass Forest
  - 3518 Northwest Pine-Ironbark Grassy Woodland
  - 3519 Northwest Ranges Rocky Tumbledown Gum Scrub
  - 3522 Northwest White Box Spinifex Woodland
  - 3521 Northwest White Box Woodland
  - 3523 Northwest White Pine-Box Woodland
  - 3524 Ulan Plutonic Hills Dry Forest
  - 3525 Upper Hunter Box-Blakelys Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3526 Warrumbungle Rockplate Scrub
  - 3512 Western Hunter Basalt Cap Woodland
  - 3527 Western Hunter Broombush Grassy Scrub
  - 3528 Western Hunter Flats Apple-Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3532 Western Hunter Ironbark-Box Forest
  - 3529 Western Hunter Sandy Colluvial Gully Forest
  - 3530 Western Hunter Sandy Riparian Red Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3531 Western Hunter Trachyte Spinifex Forest
  - 3511 Western New England White Pine-Tumbledown Gum Woodland
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- Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3510 Capertee Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3697 Bingara Tumbledown Gum Spinifex Woodland
  - 3713 Macintyre Hills Ironbark Shrub Forest
  - 3707 Mole River Blackbutt Woodland
  - 3708 Mole River Hills Wallangarra White Gum Woodland
  - 3717 Mole River Tumbledown Gum-Ironbark Shrub Woodland
  - 3709 Moonbi Range Rocky Granite Woodland
  - 3699 Moredun Ranges Stringybark Exposed Forest
  - 3711 Northern New England Orange Gum Exposed Woodland
  - 3701 Northwest New England Creekflat Blakelys Red Gum Forest
  - 3703 Northwest New England Felsic Ironbark-Red Gum Gully Forest
  - 3700 Northwest New England Granite Blackbutt-Apple Forest
  - 3706 Northwest New England Laterite McKies Stringybark Forest
  - 3702 Northwest New England Ranges Caleys Ironbark Woodland
  - 3718 Northwest New England Rocky Riparian Forest
  - 3704 Northwest New England Stringybark-Pine Exposed Forest
  - 3716 Northwest New England Tumbledown Gum-Ironbark Exposed Forest
  - 3714 Pindari Ironbark-Pine Exposed Woodland
  - 3715 Pindari Orange Gum Rocky Woodland
  - 3720 Torrington Riparian Forest-Scrub
  - 3722 Western New England Box-Tumbledown Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3724 Western New England Caleys Ironbark-Tumbledown Gum Forest
  - 3698 Western New England Granite Orange Gum Gully Woodland
  - 3726 Western New England Granite Pine-Stringybark-Gum Forest
  - 3705 Western New England Hills Apple-Stringybark Forest
  - 3728 Western New England Hills Blackbutt-Stringybark Forest
  - 3710 Western New England Hills Orange Gum-Ironbark Forest
  - 3723 Western New England Panic-Wiregrass Grassland
  - 3725 Western New England Ranges Orange Gum-Blackbutt Forest
  - 3727 Western New England Silvertop Stringybark Forest
  - 3729 Western New England Youmans Stringybark Shrub Forest
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- Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3730 Bondo Slopes Dry Stringybark Forest
  - 3737 Bungonia Tableland Scribbly Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3731 Capertee Conglomerate Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3732 Capertee Uplands Enriched Stringybark Forest
  - 3734 Central Tableland Dry Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
  - 3735 Central Tableland Peppermint Shrub-Grass Forest
  - 3736 Cudgegong Sandslope Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3738 Goulburn-Lithgow Tableland Hills Grassy Forest
  - 3739 Monaro Hills Brittle Gum Exposed Forest
  - 3741 Monaro Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
  - 3742 Monaro Mountains Snow Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3743 Monaro Ranges Exposed Shrub Forest
  - 3744 Palerang Hills Peppermint Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3745 Snowy Gorge Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3746 Southern Tableland Snow Gum-Candlebark Shrub Forest
  - 3747 Southern Tableland Western Hills Scribbly Gum Forest
  - 3749 Western Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Forest
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- Southern Wattle Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3669 Brogo Wattle Scrub
  - 3670 Snowy Gorge Currawang Shrub Woodland
  - 3671 Snowy Gorge Wattle Scrub
- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3599 Blue Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
  - 3600 Burragorang Escarpment Heath
  - 3601 Burragorang Footslopes Scribbly Gum Forest
  - 3602 Burragorang Permian Sandstone Grey Gum-Peppermint Forest
  - 3603 Hawkesbury Escarpment Bloodwood Forest
  - 3604 Hunter Range Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3605 Hunter Range Ironbark Forest
  - 3606 Hunter Range Peppermint Moist Gully Forest
  - 3607 Hunter Range Rockplate Scrub
  - 3608 Hunter Range Yellow Bloodwood Forest
  - 3609 Kangaroo Valley Colluvial Scribbly Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3610 Lower Hunter Yellow Bloodwood Forest
  - 3611 Nattai Plateau Bloodwood-Peppermint Forest
  - 3612 Nattai Plateau Peppermint Gully Forest
  - 3613 Shoalhaven Sandstone Cliffline Woodland
  - 3614 Southern Highlands Sandstone Peppermint Forest
  - 3615 Sydney Hinterland Apple-Blackbutt Gully Forest
  - 3619 Sydney Hinterland Enriched Sandstone Bloodwood Forest
  - 3616 Sydney Hinterland Grey Gum Transition Forest
  - 3617 Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest
  - 3618 Sydney Hinterland Sandflat Peppermint Forest
  - 3620 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine Sheltered Forest
  - 3621 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine-Apple Gully Forest
  - 3622 Sydney Hinterland Yellow Bloodwood Woodland
  - 3623 Western Blue Mountains Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3625 Wingecarribee Sandstone Shrub Forest
  - 3626 Wollemi Plateau Stringybark-Grey Gum Forest
  - 3627 Wollemi Plateau Yertchuk-Stringybark Woodland
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- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3685 Budawang Sandstone Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3686 Mount Airly Sandstone Forest
  - 3687 Newnes Plateau Peppermint-Ash Tall Forest
  - 3688 Newnes Plateau Silvertop Ash Woodland
  - 3689 Shoalhaven Escarpment Peppermint-Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3691 Upper Blue Mountains Fringing Swamp Woodland
  - 3692 Upper Blue Mountains Moist Forest
  - 3693 Upper Blue Mountains Peppermint Dry Forest
  - 3694 Upper Blue Mountains Ridgetop Woodland
  - 3695 Western Blue Mountains Peppermint Sheltered Forest
  - 3696 Western Blue Mountains Rocky Scribbly Gum Woodland
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- Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3629 Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3628 Castlereagh Shrubby Swamp Woodland
  - 3630 Kurri Sand Heathy Woodland
  - 3631 Kurri Sand-Clay Woodland
  - 3632 Mellong Sand Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3633 Mellong Sand Swamp Woodland
  - 3634 Quorrobolong Sand Flats Forest
  - 3635 Thirlmere Sand Swamp Woodland
  - 3636 Warkworth Sands Woodland
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- Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3750 Binnaway Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Shrubby Woodland
  - 3751 Capertee Blue-leaved Ironbark Forest
  - 3752 Capertee Rockplate Scrub
  - 3753 Dunedoo Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Forest
  - 3754 Durridgere Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - 3755 Goonoo Sandstone Blue-leaved Ironbark-Pine Forest
  - 3776 Goulburn River Grassy Mallee Scrub
  - 3785 Goulburn River Ironbark Shrub Forest
  - 3780 Goulburn River Ironbark-Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - 3756 Gulgong Ranges Stringybark-Ironbark Forest
  - 3757 Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Scrubby Low Forest
  - 3758 Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Wattle Scrub
  - 3759 Hunter Escarpment Wattle Scrub
  - 3760 Munghorn Sandstone Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3762 Northern Wollemi Rocky Stringybark Forest
  - 3761 Northwest Felsic Rocky Gum Woodland
  - 3763 Northwest Wollemi Colluvial Apple Forest
  - 3765 Ulan Granite Scrub
  - 3766 Ulan Sandstone Damp Shrubland
  - 3781 Ulan Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Woodland
  - 3767 Upper Hunter Escarpment Colluvial Ironbark Forest
  - 3768 Upper Hunter Ranges Enriched Ironbark Forest
  - 3769 Upper Hunter Sandstone Stringybark-Ironbark Forest
  - 3770 Western Blue Mountains Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3771 Western Hunter Broombush Mallee Shrubland
  - 3772 Western Hunter Caleys Ironbark Low Forest
  - 3773 Western Hunter Currawang Low Forest
  - 3774 Western Hunter Dwyers Red Gum-Pine Woodland
  - 3775 Western Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3777 Western Hunter Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3778 Western Hunter Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3782 Western Hunter Rockplate Micromyrtus Heath
  - 3783 Western Hunter Rocky Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - 3784 Western Hunter Rocky Scrub
  - 3786 Western Hunter Scribbly Gum-Pine Woodland
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Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - 1738 Spirodella freshwater wetland
- Inland Floodplain Swamps
  - 3982 Southwest Floodplain Wetland Meadow
- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - 3391 Munghorn Seepage Wet Herbfield
  - 4164 New England Peppermint Swamp Margin Woodland
  - 3944 New England Tableland Carex Fens
  - 3946 Newnes Plateau Swamp Woodland
  - 3947 Northern Escarpment Montane Swamp Forest
  - 3953 Western Blue Mountains Swamp Gum Low Forest
  - 3954 Western Central Tableland Upland Swamp
  - 3955 Western New England Granites Riparian Scrub
  - 3956 Western New England Wet Tea-tree Scrub
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Grassy woodlands
- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
  - 3340 Macintyre Flats Candlebark Woodland
  - 3342 Mount Kaputar Montane Box Forest
  - 3343 Mount Kaputar Montane Gum Forest
- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
  - 3386 Capertee Marl Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3387 Central West Creekflat Grassy Woodland
  - 3404 Central West Flats Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3405 Central West Flats Inland Grey Box Grassy Forest
  - 3388 Central West Valleys White Box Forest
  - 3389 Honeysuckle Range Serpentinite Outcrop Woodland
  - 3390 Liverpool Range Red Gum-Yellow Box Forest
  - 3393 Northwest Basalt Box Plains Grass Woodland
  - 3394 Northwest Basalt Grassland-Woodland Complex
  - 3395 Northwest Elevated White Box Woodland
  - 3398 Northwest Slopes Box-Apple Woodland
  - 3396 Northwest Slopes Box-Blakelys Red Gum Woodland
  - 3397 Northwest Yellow Box Grassy Woodland
  - 3399 Southwest Hills White Box-Blakelys Red Gum Forest
  - 3406 Southwest Ranges White Box Woodland
  - 3400 Southwest Slopes Box-Blakelys Red Gum Grassy Woodland
  - 3401 Upper Hunter Sheltered Viney Shrub Forest
  - 3402 Western Blue Mountains White Box Forest
  - 3403 Western Hunter Creekflat Apple Grassy Forest
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Heathlands
- Northern Montane Heaths
  - 3823 Cascades Cypress-Tea-tree Riparian Forest
  - 3829 Eastern New England Rocky Tea-tree Scrub
  - 3830 Far North Basalt Scarp Tea-tree Scrub
  - 3832 Far North Pomaderris notata Scrub
  - 3838 Mount Kaputar Montane Rockplate Scrub
  - 3839 Mount Kaputar Slopes Stony Scrub
  - 3851 Upper Hunter Hills Rocky Scrub
  - 3828 Western New England Felsic Rock Shrubland
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- Sydney Montane Heaths
  - 3690 Southern Highlands Sandstone Rockplate Heath

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Marine environments
  - 99994 Dune and Shorelines
  - 99995 Oceans
- Terrestrial saline environments
  - 99998 non vegetated terrestrial saline environments
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
  - 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

Rainforests
- Dry Rainforests
  - 3114 Upper Hunter Ranges Moist Gully Forest

Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- Riverine Plain Woodlands
  - 4104 Central Hunter Weeping Myall Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3115 Western Hunter Sandstone Grey Gum-Grey Myrtle Forest

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Images

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