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Little Waterhouse Island is a small island, with an area of 2.5 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Waterhouse Island Group, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania. Most of the island is bare rock.[1] The island forms part of the Ninth and Little Waterhouse Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), so identified by BirdLife International because it holds over 1% of the world population of Black-faced Cormorants.[2]
[edit] Fauna
As well as Black-faced Cormorants, recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the Little Penguin, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern.[1]
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group with breeding seabirds include:[1]
- Ninth Island
- Tenth Island
- Waterhouse Island
- Maclean Island
- Baynes Island
- Cygnet Island
- Foster Islands
- Swan Island
- Little Swan Island
- Bird Rock
- George Rocks
- St Helens Island
- Paddys Island
[edit] References
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ "IBA: Ninth and Little Waterhouse Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
Coordinates: 40°49′S 147°37′E / 40.817°S 147.617°E
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