Nature conservation

Threatened species

Greater Sand-plover - South East Corner: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Charadrius leschenaultii
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Last updated: 13 Oct 2021

Distribution of the species within this region

The Greater Sand-plover is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South East Corner Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Bateman Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Greater Sand-plover - South East Corner is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Forested wetlands
    • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
      • 4020 Coastal Creekflat Layered Grass-Sedge Swamp Forest
      • 4026 Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4028 Estuarine Swamp Oak Twig-rush Forest
      • 4027 Estuarine Swamp Oak-Mangrove Forest
      • 4029 Far North Creekflat Paperbark Swamp Forest
      • 4030 Far North Estuarine Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4034 Far North Swamp Oak-Tuckeroo Swamp Fringe Forest
      • 4035 Far South Floodplain Wetland Paperbark Scrub
      • 4036 Hunter Coast Lake Flats Apple Forest
      • 4037 Hunter Coast Swamp Oak Rainforest
      • 4038 Hunter Estuarine Melaleuca nodosa Scrub
      • 4044 Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
      • 4045 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
      • 4048 Northern Swamp Oak-Paperbark Forest
      • 4050 South Coast Floodplain Wetland Paperbark Scrub
      • 4056 Southern Estuarine Swamp Paperbark Creekflat Scrub
      • 4059 Sydney Hinterland Sandy Creekflat Shrub Forest
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    • Coastal Swamp Forests
      • 3984 Clarence Lowland Paperbark Sedge Swamp Woodland
      • 3985 Coastal Floodplain Swamp Paperbark Scrub
      • 3996 Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Dry Forest
      • 3986 Coastal Sands Swamp Mahogany Rush Forest
      • 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
      • 3988 Far North Mesophyll Paperbark Swamp Forest
      • 3989 Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
      • 3990 Far North Paperbark Gahnia Swamp Forest
      • 3991 Far North Sands Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
      • 3993 Far North Swamp Oak-Paperbark Tidal Forest
      • 3995 Hunter Coast Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Forest
      • 3997 Hunter Coast Sandplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
      • 3998 Lower North Creekflat Mahogany Swamp Forest
      • 4000 Northern Estuarine Paperbark Sedge Forest
      • 4001 Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
      • 4002 Northern Lowland Orange Gum Dry Swamp Forest
      • 4003 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
      • 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
      • 4005 Northern Paperbark Banksia Littoral Forest
      • 4006 Northern Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Saw-sedge Forest
      • 4007 Northern Sands Paperbark Sedge Low Forest
      • 4008 Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
      • 3992 Northern Sandy Alluvium Heathy Swamp Forest
      • 4009 Shoalhaven Lowland Flats Wet Swamp Forest
      • 4010 Sydney Hinterland Creekflat Paperbark Scrub
      • 4012 Tomago Drooping Red Gum Swamp Woodland
      • 4013 Wyong Paperbark-Woollybutt Swamp Forest
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  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
      • 3958 Castlereagh Gravel Sedgeland
      • 3960 Coast Sands Cladium Sedgeland
      • 3959 Coast Sands Jointed Twig-rush Sedgeland
      • 3961 Coast Sands Lepironia Sedgeland
      • 3962 Coastal Floodplain Phragmites Reedland
      • 3963 Estuarine Reedland
      • 3964 Far North Floodplain Fern-Forb Wetland
      • 3965 Far North Floodplain Forb-Sedge Wetland
      • 3973 Far North Floodplain Paperbark Sedge Wetland
      • 3966 Foredune Swale Marsh
      • 3967 Northern Lower Floodplain Eleocharis Wetland
      • 3968 Northern Sands Baloskion-Machaerina Wetland
      • 3914 Northern Sands Chorizandra Sedgeland
      • 3969 Northern Sands Machaerina-Eleocharis Sedgeland
      • 3970 Northern Sands Water Couch Wetland
      • 3971 Northern Sandy Floodplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
      • 3974 Pambula Dune Swale Red Gum Swamp Woodland
      • 4098 South Coast Dune Sea Spray Wetland
      • 3957 South Coast Sands Shrub Swamp
      • 3975 Southern Lower Floodplain Freshwater Wetland
      • 3976 Southern Sands Freshwater Lagoon Wetland
      • 3977 Sydney Coastal Headland Lagoon Sedgeland
      • 3972 Sydney Creekflat Wetland
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    • Coastal Heath Swamps
      • 3921 Coastal Sydney Sand Saw-sedge Wet Shrubland
      • 3904 Hunter Coast Grasstree Graminoid Swamp Scrub
      • 3907 Lower North Sands Swamp Scrub
      • 3908 Lower North Sands Wallum Bottlebrush Swamp Heath
      • 3911 Northern Sand Swale Fernland
      • 3912 Northern Sand Swale Paperbark Sedge Shrubland
      • 3900 Northern Sandplain Saw-sedge-Fern Swamp Heath
      • 3913 Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
      • 3915 Northern Sands Prickly Tea-tree Wet Shrubland
      • 3922 Sydney Coastal Sand Swamp Scrub
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  • Heathlands
    • Coastal Headland Heaths
      • 3788 Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
      • 3791 Far North Headland-Dune Scrub
      • 3792 Far Southeast Headland Scrub
      • 3796 Northern Lowland Graminoid Clay Heath
    • South Coast Heaths
      • 3816 Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath
    • Sydney Coastal Heaths
      • 3809 Shoalhaven Rockplate Heath
    • Wallum Sand Heaths
      • 3801 Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath
      • 3802 Lower North Sandplain Wallum Heath
      • 3803 Northern Sandplain Damp Wallum Heath
      • 3804 Northern Sands Wallum Banksia-Allocasuarina Scrub
  • Saline wetlands
    • Mangrove Swamps
      • 4090 Far North Estuarine Mangrove-Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4140 Far North Mangrove Forest
      • 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
    • Saltmarshes
      • 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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