Doughboy Island West

For the similarly sized island nearby, see Doughboy Island East.
The island is a breeding site for pied oystercatchers

Doughboy Island West is an island nature reserve, with an area of 5.4 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Trefoil Island Group, lying close to Cape Grim, Tasmania’s most north-westerly point, in Bass Strait.[1]

Fauna

The island forms part of the Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area.[2] Breeding seabird and shorebird species include short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and pied oystercatcher. Reptiles include metallic skink.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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
  2. ↑ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hunter Island Group. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-07-09.

Coordinates: 40°40′S 144°40′E / 40.667°S 144.667°E / -40.667; 144.667

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