The Big Black Reef, part of the Long Island Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 0.54-hectare (1.3-acre) unpopulated small, flat dolerite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of Cape Barren Island, Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1]
Together with the nearby Boxen Island, Big Black Reef is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it has been recorded as supporting 288 breeding pairs of black-faced cormorants.[2]
Flora and fauna
As well as black-faced cormorant, recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Big Black Reef (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "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
