Night Island (Tasmania)

Night Island (Tasmania)
Rum Island is the tiny Island on the top left of this picture of Preservation Island

Night Island is a small granite island, with an area of 2.59 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Preservation Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group. It is a Conservation Area.[1] The island has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it holds over 1% of the world population of Black-faced Cormorants.[2]

Fauna

As well as up to 138 pairs of Black-faced Cormorants, recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin, Pacific Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher.[1]

Other islands in the Preservation Group with breeding seabirds include:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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
  2. ^ "IBA: Night Island (Bass Strait)". Birdata. Birds Australia. http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm. Retrieved 2011-08-30. 

Coordinates: 40°29′S 148°01′E / 40.483°S 148.017°E / -40.483; 148.017



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