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Threatened species

Beach Stone-curlew - Sydney Basin: 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 Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Illawarra	Known	None
Jervis	Known	None
Pittwater	Known	None
Sydney Cataract	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

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

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3544 Coastal Sands Apple-Blackbutt Forest
  - 3551 Northern Sands Blackbutt-Red Mahogany Forest

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

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - 4098 South Coast Dune Sea Spray Wetland

Grasslands
- Maritime Grasslands
  - 3407 Central Headland Grassland
  - 3408 Northern Headland Grassland
  - 3409 Southern Headland Grassland
  - 3410 Spinifex Strandline Grassland
  - 3411 Tollgate Island Littoral Scrub

Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - 3787 Byron Graminoid Clay Heath
  - 3788 Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
  - 3796 Northern Lowland Graminoid Clay Heath
- South Coast Heaths
  - 3816 Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath
- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - 3801 Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath

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
- Littoral Rainforests
  - 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
  - 3130 Mid North Tuckeroo-Paperbark Littoral Wet Forest
  - 3132 Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest

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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Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest

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