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Threatened species

Beach Stone-curlew - Ocean: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Esacus magnirostris

Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 23 Sep 2021

Distribution of the species within this region

The Beach Stone-curlew is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Ocean Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Batemans Shelf	Known	None
Hawkesbury Shelf	Known	None
Manning Shelf	Known	None
South Pacific Ocean	Predicted	None
Tweed-Moreton	Known	None
Twofold Shelf	Predicted	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Beach Stone-curlew - Ocean 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 (shrubby sub-formation)
- Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3544 Coastal Sands Apple-Blackbutt Forest
  - 3551 Northern Sands Blackbutt-Red Mahogany Forest

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4026 Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest
  - 4027 Estuarine Swamp Oak-Mangrove Forest
- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
  - 3989 Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - 3993 Far North Swamp Oak-Paperbark Tidal Forest
  - 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
  - 4008 Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - 4098 South Coast Dune Sea Spray Wetland

Grasslands
- Maritime Grasslands
  - 3407 Central Headland Grassland
  - 3408 Northern Headland Grassland
  - 3409 Southern Headland Grassland
  - 3410 Spinifex Strandline Grassland
  - 3411 Tollgate Island Littoral Scrub

Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - 3787 Byron Graminoid Clay Heath
  - 3788 Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
  - 3796 Northern Lowland Graminoid Clay Heath
- South Coast Heaths
  - 3816 Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath
- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - 3801 Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Marine environments
  - 99994 Dune and Shorelines
  - 99995 Oceans
- Rocky islands
  - 99992 Rocky islands
- Terrestrial saline environments
  - 99998 non vegetated terrestrial saline environments

Rainforests
- Littoral Rainforests
  - 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
  - 3130 Mid North Tuckeroo-Paperbark Littoral Wet Forest
  - 3132 Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest

Saline wetlands
- Mangrove Swamps
  - 4090 Far North Estuarine Mangrove-Swamp Oak Forest
  - 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
- Saltmarshes
  - 4092 Coastal Headland Sea Spray Grassland
  - 4094 Estuarine Club Rush-Arrowgrass Wetland
  - 4095 Paspalum vaginatum-Samphire Saltmarsh
  - 4096 Prickly Couch-Sea Rush Saltmarsh
  - 4097 Samphire Saltmarsh
  - 4102 South Coast Bracelet Honey-myrtle Sea Rush Saltmarsh
  - 4040 South Coast Selliera-Sea Rush Swamp Oak Saltmarsh
  - 4101 South Coast Spear-grass Saltmarsh
  - 4103 Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh
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Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest

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