Bird Island (Tasmania)

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Bird Island is an island game reserve, with an area of 43.92 ha, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island. It is home to about 5,000 pairs of Short-tailed Shearwaters, the young of which are harvested annually, and about 3,000 pairs of Little Penguins.

[edit] Fauna

As well as the shearwaters and penguins, other breeding seabirds and shorebirds include White-faced Storm-Petrel, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher. Reptiles include the Metallic Skink and abundant Tiger Snakes.[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°36′S 144°43′E / -40.6, 144.717


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