Breaksea Islands (Tasmania)

The Breaksea Islands Group is a group of two islands, known unofficially as North Breaksea and Main Breaksea,[1] located a kilometre offshore in Port Davey, Tasmania, Australia, in the Southwest National Park. The islands have a total area of about 16 ha and are part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[2]

Fauna

The islands are noted as a breeding site for many seabird species, including little penguin (400 pairs), short-tailed shearwater (3-5000 pairs), fairy prion (20 pairs) and silver gull. The Tasmanian tree skink is present.[1] Rabbits were introduced in the 19th century by whalers.[3] and have caused some damage to vegetation and soil.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brothers, Nigel; David Pemberton; Helen Pryor; Vanessa Halley (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands : seabirds and other natural features. Hobart, Tasmania: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.
  2. ↑ "IBA: Port Davey Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  3. ↑ White, Gary (1980). Islands of South-West Tasmania. Sydney: self-published. ISBN 0-9594866-0-7.
  4. ↑ "Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002" (PDF). Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania. 2002. Archived from the original on 2006-08-22. Retrieved 2006-07-23.

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Coordinates: 43°19′44″S 145°57′54″E / 43.32889°S 145.96500°E