Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area Explained

The Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area comprises several islands in the Hunter Island Group and Trefoil Island Group lying off the north-western coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1]

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]

Hunter Island Group

Trefoil Island Group

References

-40.4794°N 144.8289°W

Notes and References

  1. BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hunter Island Group. Downloaded from Web site: BirdLife International - conserving the world's birds . 18 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070710124603/http://www.birdlife.org/ . 10 July 2007 . dmy-all . on 2011-07-09.
  2. Web site: IBA: Hunter Island Group . 2011-07-09 . Birdata . Birds Australia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm . 6 July 2011 .