Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the Little Penguin (400 pairs), Short-tailed Shearwater (500,000 pairs), Fairy Prion (10,000 pairs), Common Diving-Petrel (100 pairs), Pacific Gull, Silver Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher. The Swamp Antechinus has been recorded. Australian and New Zealand Fur Seals use a haul-out site on the south side of the island, and the latter species has bred there in small numbers. The Tasmanian Tree Skink is present.
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