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Broad-billed Sandpiper - Ocean: 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 Ocean Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Broad-billed Sandpiper - 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 (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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Threatened migratory shorebird habitat mapping project - June 2006 ( PDF - 814KB)

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