Albatross Island (Tasmania)

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Albatross Island is an 18 ha island nature reserve in Bass Strait in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group and lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island. It is notable for its breeding colony of 5,000 pairs of Shy Albatross.

[edit] Fauna

Apart from Shy Albatross, breeding seabirds and shorebirds include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Fairy Prion, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher. A pair of White-bellied Sea-Eagles usually nests there annually. The island is visited regularly by Australian Fur Seals and New Zealand Fur Seals. Reptiles include the Metallic Skink and Tasmanian Tree Skink.[1]

[edit] References

  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

Coordinates: 40°23′S 144°39′E / -40.383, 144.65


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