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Lesser Sand-plover - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations
Scientific name:
Charadrius mongolus
Conservation status in NSW:
Vulnerable
Commonwealth status:
Endangered
Last updated:
13 Oct 2021
Distribution of the species within this region
The Lesser 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
Jervis
Known
None
Pittwater
Known
None
Wyong
Known
None
Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Lesser 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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Inland Floodplain Swamps
238 Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
12 Shallow marsh wetland of regularly flooded depressions on floodplains mainly in the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
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
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
Subtropical Rainforests
4031 Far North Estuarine Swamp Oak Rainforest
Saline wetlands
Inland Saline lakes
189 Ephemeral forbland wetland of low-saline lake-beds of the arid and semi-arid (warm) climate zones
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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Northern Rivers Regional Biodiversity Management Plan ( PDF - 2.94MB)
Threatened migratory shorebird habitat mapping project - June 2006 ( PDF - 814KB)
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