Birds
The cays form an Important Bird Area because they support more than 1% of the world populations of Black Noddies (with up to 300,000 nests) and Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (up to 560,000 nests), making up the majority of the east Australian breeding populations of these species, and sometimes more than 1% of the world population of Brown Boobies (1000-4000 nests).
Seasonal closures in some areas is imposed to protect breeding seabirds.
Read more about this topic: Capricornia Cays National Park
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