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Little Stony Petrel Island

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Coordinates: 40°34′S 144°55′E / 40.567°S 144.917°E / -40.567; 144.917
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Little Stony Petrel Island is an island game reserve with an area of 4 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Petrel Island Group, lying in Bass Strait close to Walker and Robbins Islands in north-west Tasmania.

Fauna

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Recorded breeding seabird and shorebird species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, common diving-petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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

40°34′S 144°55′E / 40.567°S 144.917°E / -40.567; 144.917


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