Big Sandy Petrel Island

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Big Sandy Petrel Island is an island game reserve with an area of 15.2 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Petrel Island Group, lying in Bass Strait close to Walker and Robbins Islands in north-west Tasmania.

[edit] Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird, shorebird and waterbird species include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Pacific Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher, Pied Oystercatcher and Cape Barren Goose. Tiger Snakes are present.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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

Coordinates: 40°34′S 144°56′E / -40.567, 144.933


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