Bird Rock (Tasmania)
For the place in San Diego, California, see Bird Rock.
Bird Rock is a small granite island, with an area of about 1 ha, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1]
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull and Caspian tern.[1]
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group with breeding seabirds include:[1]
- Ninth Island
- Tenth Island
- Waterhouse Island
- Little Waterhouse Island
- Maclean Island
- Baynes Island
- Cygnet Island
- Foster Islands
- Swan Island
- Little Swan Island
- George Rocks
- St Helens Island
- Paddys Island
References
Coordinates: 40°55′S 148°19′E / 40.917°S 148.317°E
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