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A royal penguin on Macquarie Island. This is a list of the bird species recorded on Macquarie Island. The avifauna of Macquarie Island include a total of 74 species, of which 6 have been introduced. Of these, 8 species are globally threatened. The birds of Macquarie Island are, unsurprisingly for an isolated oceanic island, predominantly seabirds.
Macquarie Island is a subantarctic ... under the Tasmanian Animals and Birds ... to the island had a devastating effect on the native seabird population, with an ...
The Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve is the core of the Macquarie Marshes. It is the area most frequently flooded and contains samples of all the habitat types present in the Marshes. Nevertheless, there are large and significant wetland areas outside the nature reserve, including extensive river red gum areas and some of the largest rookeries ...
A royal penguin rookery on Macquarie Island. Similarly, a high proportion of the Lepidoptera and other insects of the islands have evolved into unique endemic species. A number of species have disappeared since the islands were discovered by humans, including the Macquarie Island rail and the Macquarie Island parakeet. [2]
The royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) is a species of penguin, which can be found only on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island and adjacent islands. [2] The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the royal penguin as Least Concern. [1] The scientific name commemorates the German zoologist Hermann Schlegel.
The name was changed again in 2017 back to Macquarie Island Marine Park. [ 5 ] In early 2023, the federal government announced that the park would triple in size, adding an extra 385,000 km 2 (149,000 sq mi) of protected water to the existing 162,000 km 2 (63,000 sq mi) of marine park. [ 6 ]
Azorella macquariensis, also known as Macquarie azorella or Macquarie cushions, is a species of cushion plant endemic to Australia’s subantarctic Macquarie Island. It was referred to the more widely distributed Azorella selago until 1989, when it was described as a separate species.
The Macquarie shag population was estimated in 2000 to comprise about 760 breeding pairs, including 100 pairs at the Bishop and Clerk Islets. [6] A later (October 2003) survey found 472 nesting pairs in eleven colonies on Macquarie Island itself, indicating a 30% decline.