Bird Island (Tasmania)

Bird Island (Tasmania)

Bird Island is an island game reserve, with an area of 43.92 ha, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island. It is home to about 5,000 pairs of Short-tailed Shearwaters, the young of which are harvested annually, and about 3,000 pairs of Little Penguins.

Fauna

As well as the shearwaters and penguins, other breeding seabirds and shorebirds include White-faced Storm-Petrel, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher. Reptiles include the Metallic Skink and abundant Tiger Snakes.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). "Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features". Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X]

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