New Year Island (Tasmania)
New Year Island is an island game reserve with an area of 98.22 ha, is part of Tasmania’s New Year Island Group which includes the much larger King Island,[1] lying north-west of Tasmania in Bass Strait.
The island forms part of the King Island Important Bird Area because of its importance for breeding seabirds and waders.[2]
Fauna
Breeding seabird and shorebird species include short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, Pacific gull, silver gull and sooty oystercatcher. Reptiles include tiger snake, white's skink, metallic skink and eastern blue-tongued lizard. A species of mouse is present.[3]
References
Notes
- ↑ Brothers et al, p.50.
- ↑ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: King Island. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-07-16.
- ↑ Brothers et al, pp.50-51.
Sources
- 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
Coordinates: 39°40′05″S 143°50′00″E / 39.66806°S 143.83333°E
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