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The New Year Island, part of the New Year Group, is a granite island and game reserve located in the Great Australian Bight, lying off the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. While much smaller in area than the adjacent 
The island forms part of the King Island
King Island King Island, Kings Island or King's Island may refer to:
Australia
* King Island (Queensland)
* King Island, at Wellington Point, Queensland
* King Island (Tasmania)
** King Island Council, the local government area that contains the Tasmanian is ...
, the New Year Island lends its name to the island group due to its European discovery a few days earlier than the King Island.
The island forms part of the King Island Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
because of its importance for breeding seabirds and waders.
Other islands in the King Island Group include King, Christmas, Little Christmas, and Councillor islands.
Fauna
Breeding seabird and shorebird species includeshort-tailed shearwater
The short-tailed shearwater or slender-billed shearwater (''Ardenna tenuirostris''; formerly ''Puffinus tenuirostris''), also called yolla or moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in A ...
, fairy prion, Pacific gull, silver gull and sooty oystercatcher. Reptiles include tiger snake, white's skink, metallic skink and eastern blue-tongued lizard. A species of mouse is present.
See also
* List of islands of TasmaniaReferences
Islands of North West Tasmania Important Bird Areas of Tasmania King Island (Tasmania) {{KingIslandTAS-geo-stub