Storr Island, also known as Yudawala or Yeewadan Ganjal, is an uninhabited island located in the
Kimberley
Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:
Places and historical events
Australia
* Kimberley (Western Australia)
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
* Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
* Kimberley, Tasmania a small town
* County of Kimberley, a ...
region of
Western Australia.
It is situated between Doubtful Bay and George Water, near the intersection of the
Sale and
Glenelg rivers. Storr Island is about north west of
Bardi. The island encompasses an area of .
Fauna found on the island include the
golden bandicoot and many types of birds, including the
pied imperial pigeon,
sulphur-crested cockatoo,
brown honeyeater,
white-gaped honeyeater,
white-lined honeyeater
The white-lined honeyeater (''Territornis albilineata'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to northern Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It formerly included the Kimberl ...
,
silver-crowned friarbird
The silver-crowned friarbird (''Philemon argenticeps'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is endemic to northern Australia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest
A forest is an area of land domi ...
,
mangrove golden whistler
The mangrove golden whistler (''Pachycephala melanura'') or black-tailed whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found in mangrove forests and adjacent wet forests of Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Subspecies
Five su ...
,
leaden flycatcher,
northern fantail,
black-faced cuckoo-shrike,
varied triller
The varied triller (''Lalage leucomela'') like its better-known relative the white-winged triller, is a smaller member of the cuckoo-shrike family, Campephagidae. Varied trillers prefer warm, reasonably moist environments and are found in New Gu ...
and the
great bowerbird.
[
The traditional owners of the area are the Dambimangari people of the ]Worrorra language
Worrorra, also written Worora and other variants, and also known as Western Worrorran, is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language of northern Western Australia. It encompasses a number of dialects, which are spoken by a group of people know ...
group. Their name for the island is ''Yudawala'' or ''Yeewadan Ganjal''.
References
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Islands of the Kimberley (Western Australia)
Uninhabited islands of Australia