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Threatened species

Beach Stone-curlew - South Eastern Queensland: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Esacus magnirostris
Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 23 Sep 2021

Distribution of the species within this region

The Beach Stone-curlew is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Queensland Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Burringbar-Conondale Ranges Known Within 2 km of coast
Clarence Lowlands Known Within 2 km of coast
Scenic Rim Known Within 2 km of coast
Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands Known Within 2 km of coast

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Beach Stone-curlew - South Eastern Queensland 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
      • 4026 Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4027 Estuarine Swamp Oak-Mangrove Forest
    • Coastal Swamp Forests
      • 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
      • 3989 Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
      • 3993 Far North Swamp Oak-Paperbark Tidal Forest
      • 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
      • 4008 Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
  • Grasslands
    • Maritime Grasslands
      • 3407 Central Headland Grassland
      • 3408 Northern Headland Grassland
      • 3409 Southern Headland Grassland
      • 3410 Spinifex Strandline Grassland
      • 3411 Tollgate Island Littoral Scrub
  • Saline wetlands
    • Mangrove Swamps
      • 4090 Far North Estuarine Mangrove-Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
    • 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
      • 4040 South Coast Selliera-Sea Rush Swamp Oak Saltmarsh
      • 4101 South Coast Spear-grass Saltmarsh
      • 4103 Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh
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