The Paddys Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a uninhabited

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situated in the

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, lying close to the north-eastern coast of

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, Australia.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse,

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, Foster, Swan, Little Swan,

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and St Helens islands and Bird Rock and

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islets.

Fauna

The island forms part of the St Helens Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for

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s. Recorded breeding

and

species are little penguin,

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and

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References

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Fauna

See also

References