Island in Tasmania, Australia
Boxen Island is a flat dolerite island, with an area of 7 ha , in south-eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania ’s Long Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait west of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group . Together with nearby Big Black Reef it is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it has been recorded as supporting 288 breeding pairs of black-faced cormorants .[ 1]
Flora and fauna
As well as black-faced cormorant , recorded breeding seabird , wader and waterbird species include little penguin , Pacific gull , sooty oystercatcher , and grey teal . The metallic skink is present.[ 2]
See also
References
^ "IBA: Boxen Island & Big Black Reef" . Birdata . Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011 .^ 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
