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词条 Chalky Island (Tasmania)
释义

  1. Fauna

  2. See also

  3. References

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The Chalky Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a {{convert|41|ha|adj=on}} unpopulated granite island with limestone outcrops and dolerite dykes, located in the Bass Strait, west of the Flinders Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1] The island is contained within a conservation area[2] and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[3]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, pied oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant, Caspian tern and fairy tern. Reptiles present include the metallic Skink, White's skink, white-lipped snake and tiger snake.[2]

See also

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  • List of islands of Tasmania

References

1. ^{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Chalky Island (TAS) |feature=TAS03803 }}
2. ^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}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups |accessdate=14 June 2011 |work=Birdata |first= |last= |publisher=Birds Australia |date= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archivedate=6 July 2011 |df=dmy }}
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4 : Furneaux Group|Important Bird Areas of Tasmania|Islands of Bass Strait|Islands of North East Tasmania

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