Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area
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The Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area comprises over 20 small, rocky islands scattered both within, and in the vicinity of, the mouth of Port Davey, an inlet on the south-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. They all lie within the Southwest National Park and are important for breeding seabirds.
Birds
The sparsely vegetated islands, with a collective area of 163 ha, have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because together they support over 1% of the world populations of short-tailed shearwaters (c. 950,000 breeding pairs), fairy prions (c. 27,000 breeding pairs), little penguins (c. 16,500 breeding pairs) and black-faced cormorants (up to 230 breeding pairs).[1] Pacific gulls and sooty oystercatchers also nest in the islands.[2]
Islands
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References
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- Braddon (federal)
- Franklin (federal)
- Braddon (state)
- Franklin (state)
- Derwent Valley Council
- Huon Valley Council
- West Coast Council
Frankland Range |
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Arthur Range | |
King William Range | |
Prince of Wales Range (Tasmania) |
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parks and reserves
- Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
- Melaleuca to Birchs Inlet Important Bird Area
- Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve
- Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area
- Southwest National Park
- South West Wilderness
- Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
Franklin controversy
- High Rocky Point
- Low Rocky Point
- Point Hibbs
- South Coast
- South West Cape
Railways |
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Man-made |
- Bob Brown
- Peter Dombrovskis
- Helen Gee
- James Goodwin
- Brenda Hean
- Richard Jones
- Deny King
- Eric Reece
- Olegas Truchanas
- T. B. Moore
- Eddystone
- Hibbs Pyramid
- Inner Rocks
- Sidmouth Rock
Breaksea |
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Maatsuyker (group) |
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Swainson (group) | |
Mutton Bird (group) | |
Pedra Branca | |
Trumpeter |
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43°21′53″S 145°56′23″E / 43.36472°S 145.93972°E / -43.36472; 145.93972