Nature conservation

Threatened species

Pied Oystercatcher - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Haematopus longirostris
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 13 Oct 2021

Distribution of the species within this region

The Pied Oystercatcher 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 predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Hunter Known None
Illawarra Known None
Jervis Known None
Pittwater Known None
Sydney Cataract Known None
Wyong Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Pied Oystercatcher - Sydney Basin is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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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    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3932 Central and Southern Tableland Swamp Meadow Complex
      • 3939 Kosciuszko Western Flanks Wet Meadow
    • Montane Lakes
      • 3981 Tableland Semi-permanent Shallow Wetlands
  • Saline wetlands
    • 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
      • 4101 South Coast Spear-grass Saltmarsh
      • 4103 Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh
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