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Booby Island (Western Australia)

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(Redirected from Booby Island (Kimberley)) Island in Western Australia For other uses, see Booby Island.

Nesting brown boobies

Booby Island, once known as White Island, is a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) uninhabited island in the Bonaparte Archipelago of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was renamed in 2004 to avoid confusion with another "White Island" in the Kimberley region. It is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it supports more than 1% of the world's population of brown boobies, with a breeding colony of up to 2,000 pairs.

References

  1. "Booby Island deemed the White name". General News (Australia). AAP. 29 March 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  2. "IBA: Booby Island (Kimberley)". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

15°03′41″S 124°19′35″E / 15.06139°S 124.32639°E / -15.06139; 124.32639 (Booby Island)


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