Cat Island (Tasmania)
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Cat Island is a granite island, with an area of 39 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Babel Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait off the east coast of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group.[1]
[edit] Fauna
Seabirds and waders recorded as breeding on the island include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Silver Gull, Pacific Gull, Crested Tern, Sooty Oystercatcher, Pied Oystercatcher and Australasian Gannet. Resident reptiles include White's Skink and Tiger Snake. The Rakali has also been recorded on the island.[1]
[edit] Gannet colony
The historically important breeding colony of Australasian Gannets, with an estimated 5000-10,000 birds at the beginning of the 20th century, declined to extinction by the mid 1980s as a result of, at first, human persecution, followed by fires, disturbance and, finally, predation by White-bellied Sea-Eagles.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c 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
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