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Greater Sand-plover - Sydney Basin: 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 Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Hunter	Known	None
Illawarra	Known	None
Pittwater	Known	None
Wyong	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Greater Sand-plover - Sydney Basin 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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Grasslands
- Maritime Grasslands
  - 3410 Spinifex Strandline Grassland
  - 3411 Tollgate Island Littoral Scrub

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

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
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 4031 Far North Estuarine Swamp Oak Rainforest

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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