Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area



The Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area comprises several islands in the Hunter Island Group and Trefoil Island Group lying off the north-western coast of Tasmania, Australia.

Collectively, they have an area of 152 km2. They have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because they support over 1% of the world populations of Cape Barren geese, short-tailed shearwaters, black-faced cormorants, sooty oystercatchers and Pacific gulls. The IBA also supports the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot on its migration route between Tasmania and mainland south-eastern Australia. Most of Tasmania's endemic bird species breed in the IBA.

Hunter Island Group

 * Albatross Island, part of the Albatross Island and Black Pyramid Rock Important Bird Area
 * Bears Island
 * Bird Island
 * Black Pyramid Rock, part of the Albatross Island and Black Pyramid Rock Important Bird Area
 * Dugay Islet
 * Edwards Islet
 * Hunter Island
 * Nares Rocks
 * Penguin Islet
 * South Black Rock
 * Steep Island
 * Stack Island
 * Three Hummock Island

Trefoil Island Group

 * Trefoil Island
 * Little Trefoil Island
 * Doughboy Island East
 * Doughboy Island West
 * Henderson Islets
 * Harbour Islets
 * Murkay Islets