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Broad-billed Sandpiper - Ocean: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Limicola falcinellus

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 13 Oct 2021

Distribution of the species within this region

The Broad-billed Sandpiper is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Ocean Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Batemans Shelf	Predicted	None
Hawkesbury Shelf	Known	None
Manning Shelf	Predicted	None
South Pacific Ocean	Predicted	None
Tweed-Moreton	Predicted	None
Twofold Shelf	Predicted	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Broad-billed Sandpiper - Ocean 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 (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Capertee Escarpment Slaty Gum-Ironbark Forest
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Central Hunter Ironbark Grassy Woodland
  - Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Flats Damp Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
  - Hunter Coast Sandy Creekflat Low Paperbark Scrub
  - Hunter Coast White Mahogany Low Forest
  - Hunter Escarpment Footslopes Ironbark Forest
  - Hunter Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - Lower Hunter Clay Heath
  - Lower Hunter Lowland Ironbark-Paperbark Forest
  - Lower Hunter Spotted Gum Scrubby Transition Forest
  - Lower Hunter Spotted Gum-Ironbark Forest
  - Lower North Coastal Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - Lower North Foothills Ironbark-Box-Gum Grassy Forest
  - Shoalhaven Foothills Spotted Gum Forest
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- North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
  - Kaputar White Box-Apple Sheltered Forest
  - Nandewar Hills Apple-White Box Shrub-Grass Woodland
  - Nandewar Serpentinite Red Stringybark Woodland
  - Northwest Black Pine-Ironbark Forest
  - Northwest Creekflat Blakelys Red Gum Shrub-Grass Forest
  - Northwest Pine-Ironbark Grassy Woodland
  - Northwest Ranges Rocky Tumbledown Gum Scrub
  - Northwest White Box Spinifex Woodland
  - Northwest White Box Woodland
  - Northwest White Pine-Box Woodland
  - Ulan Plutonic Hills Dry Forest
  - Upper Hunter Box-Blakelys Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - Warrumbungle Rockplate Scrub
  - Western Hunter Basalt Cap Woodland
  - Western Hunter Broombush Grassy Scrub
  - Western Hunter Flats Apple-Gum Shrub Forest
  - Western Hunter Ironbark-Box Forest
  - Western Hunter Sandy Colluvial Gully Forest
  - Western Hunter Sandy Riparian Red Gum Shrub Forest
  - Western Hunter Trachyte Spinifex Forest
  - Western New England White Pine-Tumbledown Gum Woodland
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- Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Capertee Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Bingara Tumbledown Gum Spinifex Woodland
  - Macintyre Hills Ironbark Shrub Forest
  - Mole River Blackbutt Woodland
  - Mole River Hills Wallangarra White Gum Woodland
  - Mole River Tumbledown Gum-Ironbark Shrub Woodland
  - Moonbi Range Rocky Granite Woodland
  - Moredun Ranges Stringybark Exposed Forest
  - Northern New England Orange Gum Exposed Woodland
  - Northwest New England Creekflat Blakelys Red Gum Forest
  - Northwest New England Felsic Ironbark-Red Gum Gully Forest
  - Northwest New England Granite Blackbutt-Apple Forest
  - Northwest New England Laterite McKies Stringybark Forest
  - Northwest New England Ranges Caleys Ironbark Woodland
  - Northwest New England Rocky Riparian Forest
  - Northwest New England Stringybark-Pine Exposed Forest
  - Northwest New England Tumbledown Gum-Ironbark Exposed Forest
  - Pindari Ironbark-Pine Exposed Woodland
  - Pindari Orange Gum Rocky Woodland
  - Torrington Riparian Forest-Scrub
  - Western New England Box-Tumbledown Gum Grassy Forest
  - Western New England Caleys Ironbark-Tumbledown Gum Forest
  - Western New England Granite Orange Gum Gully Woodland
  - Western New England Granite Pine-Stringybark-Gum Forest
  - Western New England Hills Apple-Stringybark Forest
  - Western New England Hills Blackbutt-Stringybark Forest
  - Western New England Hills Orange Gum-Ironbark Forest
  - Western New England Panic-Wiregrass Grassland
  - Western New England Ranges Orange Gum-Blackbutt Forest
  - Western New England Silvertop Stringybark Forest
  - Western New England Youmans Stringybark Shrub Forest
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- Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Bondo Slopes Dry Stringybark Forest
  - Bungonia Tableland Scribbly Gum Shrub Forest
  - Capertee Conglomerate Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - Capertee Uplands Enriched Stringybark Forest
  - Central Tableland Dry Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
  - Central Tableland Peppermint Shrub-Grass Forest
  - Cudgegong Sandslope Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - Goulburn-Lithgow Tableland Hills Grassy Forest
  - Monaro Hills Brittle Gum Exposed Forest
  - Monaro Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
  - Monaro Mountains Snow Gum Shrub Forest
  - Monaro Ranges Sheltered Shrub Forest
  - Palerang Hills Peppermint Dry Shrub Forest
  - Snowy Gorge Grassy Box Woodland
  - Southern Tableland Snow Gum-Candlebark Shrub Forest
  - Southern Tableland Western Hills Scribbly Gum Forest
  - Western Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Forest
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- Southern Wattle Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Brogo Wattle Scrub
  - Snowy Gorge Currawang Shrub Woodland
  - Snowy Gorge Wattle Scrub
- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Blue Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
  - Burragorang Escarpment Heath
  - Burragorang Footslopes Scribbly Gum Forest
  - Burragorang Permian Sandstone Grey Gum-Peppermint Forest
  - Hawkesbury Escarpment Bloodwood Forest
  - Hunter Range Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - Hunter Range Ironbark Forest
  - Hunter Range Peppermint Moist Gully Forest
  - Hunter Range Rockplate Scrub
  - Hunter Range Yellow Bloodwood Forest
  - Kangaroo Valley Colluvial Scribbly Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - Lower Hunter Yellow Bloodwood Forest
  - Nattai Plateau Bloodwood-Peppermint Forest
  - Nattai Plateau Peppermint Gully Forest
  - Shoalhaven Sandstone Cliffline Woodland
  - Southern Highlands Sandstone Peppermint Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Apple-Blackbutt Gully Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Enriched Sandstone Bloodwood Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Grey Gum Transition Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Sandflat Peppermint Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Turpentine Sheltered Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Turpentine-Apple Gully Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Yellow Bloodwood Woodland
  - Western Blue Mountains Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - Wingecarribee Sandstone Shrub Forest
  - Wollemi Plateau Stringybark-Grey Gum Forest
  - Wollemi Plateau Yertchuk-Stringybark Woodland
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- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Budawang Sandstone Silvertop Ash Forest
  - Mount Airly Sandstone Forest
  - Newnes Plateau Peppermint-Ash Tall Forest
  - Newnes Plateau Silvertop Ash Woodland
  - Shoalhaven Escarpment Peppermint-Silvertop Ash Forest
  - Upper Blue Mountains Fringing Swamp Woodland
  - Upper Blue Mountains Moist Forest
  - Upper Blue Mountains Peppermint Dry Forest
  - Upper Blue Mountains Ridgetop Woodland
  - Western Blue Mountains Peppermint Sheltered Forest
  - Western Blue Mountains Rocky Scribbly Gum Woodland
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- Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - Castlereagh Shrubby Swamp Woodland
  - Kurri Sand Heathy Woodland
  - Kurri Sand-Clay Woodland
  - Mellong Sand Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - Mellong Sand Swamp Woodland
  - Quorrobolong Sand Flats Forest
  - Thirlmere Sand Swamp Woodland
  - Warkworth Sands Woodland
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- Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Binnaway Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Shrubby Woodland
  - Capertee Blue-leaved Ironbark Forest
  - Capertee Rockplate Scrub
  - Dunedoo Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Forest
  - Durridgere Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - Goonoo Sandstone Blue-leaved Ironbark-Pine Forest
  - Goulburn River Grassy Mallee Scrub
  - Goulburn River Ironbark Shrub Forest
  - Goulburn River Ironbark-Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - Gulgong Ranges Stringybark-Ironbark Forest
  - Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Scrubby Low Forest
  - Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Wattle Scrub
  - Hunter Escarpment Wattle Scrub
  - Munghorn Sandstone Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - Northern Wollemi Rocky Stringybark Forest
  - Northwest Felsic Rocky Gum Woodland
  - Northwest Wollemi Colluvial Apple Forest
  - Ulan Granite Scrub
  - Ulan Sandstone Damp Shrubland
  - Ulan Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Woodland
  - Upper Hunter Escarpment Colluvial Ironbark Forest
  - Upper Hunter Ranges Enriched Ironbark Forest
  - Upper Hunter Sandstone Stringybark-Ironbark Forest
  - Western Blue Mountains Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - Western Hunter Broombush Mallee Shrubland
  - Western Hunter Caleys Ironbark Low Forest
  - Western Hunter Currawang Low Forest
  - Western Hunter Dwyers Red Gum-Pine Woodland
  - Western Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - Western Hunter Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - Western Hunter Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - Western Hunter Rockplate Micromyrtus Heath
  - Western Hunter Rocky Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - Western Hunter Rocky Scrub
  - Western Hunter Scribbly Gum-Pine Woodland
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Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - Spirodella freshwater wetland
- Inland Floodplain Swamps
  - Southwest Floodplain Wetland Meadow
- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - Munghorn Seepage Wet Herbfield
  - New England Tableland Carex Fens
  - Newnes Plateau Swamp Woodland
  - Northern Escarpment Montane Swamp Forest
  - Western Blue Mountains Swamp Gum Low Forest
  - Western Central Tableland Upland Swamp
  - Western New England Granites Riparian Scrub
  - Western New England Wet Tea-tree Scrub
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Grassy woodlands
- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
  - Macintyre Flats Candlebark Woodland
  - Mount Kaputar Montane Box Forest
  - Mount Kaputar Montane Gum Forest
- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
  - Capertee Marl Grassy Box Woodland
  - Central West Creekflat Grassy Woodland
  - Central West Flats Grassy Box Woodland
  - Central West Flats Inland Grey Box Grassy Forest
  - Central West Valleys White Box Forest
  - Honeysuckle Range Serpentinite Outcrop Woodland
  - Liverpool Range Red Gum-Yellow Box Forest
  - Northwest Basalt Box Plains Grass Woodland
  - Northwest Basalt Grassland-Woodland Complex
  - Northwest Elevated White Box Woodland
  - Northwest Flats Box-Blakelys Red Gum Forest
  - Northwest Flats Yellow Box Woodland
  - Northwest Slopes Box-Apple Woodland
  - Southwest Hills White Box-Blakelys Red Gum Forest
  - Southwest Ranges White Box Woodland
  - Southwest Slopes Box-Blakelys Red Gum Grassy Woodland
  - Upper Hunter Sheltered Viney Shrub Forest
  - Western Blue Mountains White Box Forest
  - Western Hunter Creekflat Apple Grassy Forest
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Heathlands
- Northern Montane Heaths
  - Cascades Cypress-Tea-tree Riparian Forest
  - Eastern New England Rocky Tea-tree Scrub
  - Far North Basalt Scarp Tea-tree Scrub
  - Far North Pomaderris notata Scrub
  - Mount Kaputar Montane Rockplate Scrub
  - Mount Kaputar Slopes Stony Scrub
  - Upper Hunter Hills Rocky Scrub
  - Western New England Felsic Rock Shrubland
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- Sydney Montane Heaths
  - Southern Highlands Sandstone Rockplate Heath

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Marine environments
  - Dune and Shorelines
  - Oceans
- Terrestrial saline environments
  - non vegetated terrestrial saline environments
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
  - Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

Rainforests
- Dry Rainforests
  - Upper Hunter Ranges Moist Gully Forest

Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- Riverine Plain Woodlands
  - Central Hunter Weeping Myall Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Western Hunter Sandstone Grey Gum-Grey Myrtle Forest

Sounds

Images

Broad-billed Sandpiper, Alnus <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Limicola_falcinellus_P4233431.jpg" class="linkBlack100" target="_blank">Alnus </a>

Broad-billed Sandpiper, Alnus Alnus Image 1 of 3.
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Threatened migratory shorebird habitat mapping project - June 2006 ( PDF - 814KB)

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