Environment
Bruny Island is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it supports the world's largest population of the endangered Forty-spotted Pardalote, up to a third of the world population of the Swift Parrot, 13 of Tasmania's 14 endemic bird species, and up to 240,000 breeding pairs of the Short-tailed Shearwater (or Tasmanian Muttonbird).
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