Big Black Reef
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Sooty oystercatchers breed on Big Black Reef | |
  Big Black Reef (Tasmania) | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°24′S 147°57′E / 40.400°S 147.950°ECoordinates: 40°24′S 147°57′E / 40.400°S 147.950°E |
| Archipelago | Long Island Group |
| Area | 0.54 ha (1.3 acres) |
| Country | |
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Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
Big Black Reef is a small, flat dolerite island, with an area of 0.54 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Long Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait west of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group. Together with nearby Boxen Island it is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it has been recorded as supporting 288 breeding pairs of black-faced cormorants.[1]
Flora and fauna
As well as black-faced cormorant, recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[2]
References
- ↑ "IBA: Boxen Island & Big Black Reef". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ 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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