The Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area comprises over 20 small, rocky islands scattered both within, and in the vicinity of, the mouth of Port Davey, an inlet on the south-west coast of Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. They all lie within the Southwest National Park

Southwest National Park

The Southwest National Park is a national park located in the south-west of Tasmania, Australia. The park is Tasmania's largest and forms part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area....

 and are important for breeding seabird

Seabird

Seabirds are birds that have adapted to life within the marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent evolution, as the same environmental problems and feeding niches have resulted in similar adaptations...

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Birds

The sparsely vegetated islands, with a collective area of 163 ha, have been identified by BirdLife International

BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global Partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources...

 as an Important Bird Area

Important Bird Area

An Important Bird Area is an area recognized as being globally important habitat for the conservation of bird populations. Currently there are about 10,000 IBAs worldwide. The program was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International...

 (IBA) because together they support over 1% of the world populations of Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

The Short-tailed Shearwater or Slender-billed Shearwater , also called Yolla or Moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in Australian waters, and is one of the few Australian native birds in which the chicks are commercially harvested...

s (c.950,000 breeding pairs), Fairy Prion

Fairy Prion

The Fairy Prion is a small seabird with the standard prion plumage of black upperparts and white underneath with an "M" wing marking.-Taxonomy:...

s (c.27,000 breeding pairs), Little Penguin

Little Penguin

The Little Penguin is the smallest species of penguin. The penguin, which usually grows to an average of in height and in length , is found on the coastlines of southern Australia and New Zealand, with possible records from Chile.Apart from Little Penguins, they have several common names...

s (c.16,500 breeding pairs) and Black-faced Cormorant

Black-faced Cormorant

The Black-faced Cormorant , also known as the Black-faced Shag, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family. Upperparts, including facial skin and bill, are black, with white underparts. It is endemic to coastal regions of southern Australia.-Ecology:The Black-faced-Cormorant feeds largely on...

s (up to 230 breeding pairs). Pacific Gull

Pacific Gull

The Pacific Gull is a very large gull, native to the coasts of Australia. It is moderately common between Carnarvon in the west, and Sydney in the east, although it has become scarce in some parts of the south-east, as a result of competition from the Kelp Gull, which has "self-introduced" since...

s and Sooty Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher

The Sooty Oystercatcher, Haematopus fuliginosus, is a species of oystercatcher. It is a wading bird native to Australia and commonly found on its coastline. It prefers rocky coastlines, but will occasionally live in estuaries....

s also nest in the islands.

Islands

Breaksea Island group

• Breaksea Islands
• Kathleen Island
• Mavourneen Rocks
  Mavourneen Rocks
  The Mavourneen Rocks comprise a group of four steep, rocky islets, with a combined area of 0.88 ha, in south-eastern Australia. They are part of the Breaksea Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania. They are also part of the Southwest National Park, and thus...
  
  

Swainson Island group

• Big Caroline Rock
  Big Caroline Rock
  Big Caroline Rock is an island with an area of 2.19 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Swainson Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National Park, and thus within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site...
  
  
• Swainson Island
  Swainson Island
  Swainson Island is an island, with an adjacent islet, with a combined area of 4.14 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Swainson Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National Park, and thus within the...
  
  
• Hay Island
  Hay Island (Tasmania)
  Hay Island is an island, with an area of 1.85 ha and a high point 78 m asl, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Swainson Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National Park, and thus within the Tasmanian...
  
  
• Shanks Islands
• Lourah Island
  Lourah Island
  Lourah Island is an island with an area of 4.86 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Swainson Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National Park, and thus within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site...
  
  

Mutton Bird Island group

• South East Mutton Bird Islet
  South East Mutton Bird Islet
  South East Mutton Bird Islet is a steep islet, with an area of 0.52 ha, in south-eastern Australia. Its highest point is 22 m asl. It is part of the Mutton Bird Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National Park,...
  
  
• South West Mutton Bird Islet
  South West Mutton Bird Islet
  South West Mutton Bird Islet is a dome-shaped islet, with an area of 0.52 ha, in south-eastern Australia. Its highest point is 28 m asl. It is part of the Mutton Bird Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National...
  
  
• Mutton Bird Island
  Mutton Bird Island
  Mutton Bird Island is an irregularly shaped island, with an area of 44 ha, in south-eastern Australia. Its highest point is 40 m asl. It is part of the Mutton Bird Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National...
  
  
• Sugarmouse Island
  Sugarmouse Island
  Sugarmouse Island is an islet with an area of 0.54 ha in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Mutton Bird Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. The island is part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife...
  
  
• East Pyramids
  East Pyramids
  The East Pyramids comprise a group of three steep, rocky islets, with a combined area of 6.69 ha, in south-eastern Australia. They are part of the Mutton Bird Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. They are also part of the Southwest National Park,...
  
  
• Sugarloaf Rock
  Sugarloaf Rock (Mutton Bird Group)
  Sugarloaf Rock is a steep, rocky island, with an area of 3.56 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Mutton Bird Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National Park, and thus within the Tasmanian...
  
  
• Wendar Island
  Wendar Island
  Wendar Island comprises a main island and five immediately adjacent islets, with a combined area of 5.8 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Mutton Bird Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National...
  
  
• Wild Wind Islets
  Wild Wind Islets
  The Wild Wind Islets comprise a group of five steep rocky islets with a combined area of about 4 ha, in south-eastern Australia. They are part of the Mutton Bird Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania...
  
  

Trumpeter Islets group

• The Coffee Pot
  The Coffee Pot (Tasmania)
  The Coffee Pot is a steep, rocky islet, with an area of 0.31 ha, in south-eastern Australia, with a shape suggesting a coffee pot. It is part of the Trumpeter Islets Group, lying close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National Park, and thus...
  
  
• West Pyramid
  West Pyramid
  West Pyramid is a steep-sided island with an area of 2.5 ha in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Trumpeter Islets Group, lying close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National Park, and thus within the Tasmanian Wilderness World...
  
  
• Trumpeter Islets
• Hobbs Island
  Hobbs Island (Tasmania)
  Hobbs Island, also known as Green Island, is an island with an area of 9.73 ha in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Trumpeter Islets Group, lying close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National Park, and thus within the Tasmanian...