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Sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821) - vulnerable species listing

The NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee, established under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (the Act), has made a final determination to list the sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821) as a vulnerable species in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Act on the basis of its extinction risk in Australia.

Publication date: 25 July 2025

View the NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee's reasons for final determination: Calidris acuminata (PDF 332KB)

Two brown-speckled birds wading amongst reeds.

Sharp-tailed sandpipers in the Macquarie Marshes NSW

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