Tasman Island


Country/territory: Australia

IBA criteria met: A4ii (2009)
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Area: 120 ha

BirdLife Australia
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2008 not assessed high not assessed
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Site summary
This small island supports more than 1% of the world population of Fairy Prion (this being perhaps the largest colony of this species in Tasmania).

Acknowledgements
The nomination was prepared by Peter Britton. Rachael Alderman and Rosemary Gales of DPIW and Eric Woehler kindly commented on the nomination.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tasman Island (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tasman-island-iba-australia on 27/11/2024.