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.[1] The islands are:
- Hunter Island Group
- 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.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hunter Island Group. Downloaded from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2012. on 2011-07-09.
- ↑ "IBA: Hunter Island Group". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
Coordinates: 40°28′46″S 144°49′44″E / 40.47944°S 144.82889°E