franklin, sound, islands, important, bird, area, comprises, several, small, islands, with, collective, total, area, 1725, lying, franklin, sound, between, much, larger, flinders, island, north, cape, barren, island, south, furneaux, group, tasmania, australia,. The Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area comprises several small islands with a collective total area of 1725 ha lying in Franklin Sound between the much larger Flinders Island to the north and Cape Barren Island to the south in the Furneaux Group of Tasmania Australia The islands in the IBA hold over 1 3 million nesting burrows of the short tailed shearwater or Tasmanian muttonbird The islands have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area IBA because they support over 1 of the global populations of the Cape Barren goose short tailed shearwater white faced storm petrel black faced cormorant sooty oystercatcher and Pacific gull 1 Islands in the Franklin Sound islands IBA include Vansittart Island Group Vansittart Island Ram Island Pelican Island Great Dog Island Group Little Dog Island Great Dog Island Briggs Islet Little Green Island Spences Reefs Tin Kettle Island Group Anderson Island Little Anderson Island Mid Woody Islet Tin Kettle Island Oyster Rocks Neds Reef Long Island Group Long IslandReferences edit BirdLife Data Zone Franklin Sound Islands BirdLife International Retrieved 26 May 2017 40 17 14 S 148 12 02 E 40 28722 S 148 20056 E 40 28722 148 20056 nbsp This Tasmania geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area amp oldid 1090975661, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
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