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Bird Island (Prime Seal Group)

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Bird Island is a small granite island with an area of 1.5 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Prime Seal Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait west of Flinders in the Furneaux Group. It is joined to Flinders Island at low tide.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are short-tailed shearwater and sooty oystercatcher.

See also

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
Islands and islets of Tasmania, Australia
Islands located in the Bass Strait
Curtis Group
Furneaux Group
Hogan Group
Hunter Group
Kent Group
New Year Group
Rodondo Group
Waterhouse Group
ungrouped
Islands located in the Southern Ocean
ungrouped
Islands located in the Tasman Sea
Partridge Group
Sloping Group
Tasman Group
ungrouped
Islands located in the South West Pacific Ocean

40°00′S 147°51′E / 40.000°S 147.850°E / -40.000; 147.850


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