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Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area

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Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area

The Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area comprises several islands in the Hunter and Trefoil Island Groups lying off the north-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The islands are:

Hunter Island Group
  • Albatross Island, part of the Albatross Island and Black Pyramid Rock Important Bird Area
  • Bears Island
  • Bird Island
  • Black Pyramid Rock, part of the Albatross Island and Black Pyramid Rock Important Bird Area
  • Dugay Islet
  • Edwards Islet
  • Hunter Island
  • Nares Rocks
  • Penguin Islet
  • South Black Rock
  • Steep Island
  • Stack Island
  • Three Hummock Island
  • Trefoil Island Group
  • Trefoil Island
  • Little Trefoil Island
  • Doughboy Island East
  • Doughboy Island West
  • Henderson Islets
  • Harbour Islets
  • Murkay Islets
  • Collectively, they have an area of 152 km2. They have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because they support over 1% of the world populations of Cape Barren geese, short-tailed shearwaters, black-faced cormorants, sooty oystercatchers and Pacific gulls. The IBA also supports the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot on its migration route between Tasmania and mainland south-eastern Australia. Most of Tasmania's endemic bird species breed in the IBA.

    References

    Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area Wikipedia