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Broad-billed Sandpiper - Sydney Basin: 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 Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Cumberland	Known	None
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 Broad-billed Sandpiper - 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 (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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