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Piper Islands National Park

Coordinates:12°13′10″S143°15′49″E / 12.21944°S 143.26361°E /-12.21944; 143.26361

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National park in Queensland, Australia

Piper Islands National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Piper Islands National Park
Location	Queensland
Coordinates	12°13′10″S143°15′49″E / 12.21944°S 143.26361°E /-12.21944; 143.26361
Area	7 ha (17 acres)
Established	1989
Governing body	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Website	Official website

Pied imperial pigeon perched on a branch — The islands are an important breeding site for pied imperial pigeons

ThePiper Islands National Park is a national park inFar North Queensland,Australia. It lies 1977 km northwest ofBrisbane. It comprises four small islands lying on the inner northernGreat Barrier Reef off the eastern coast of theCape York Peninsula in Temple Bay, betweenCape Grenville and Fair Cape.^[1]

Birds

The islands have been identified byBirdLife International as anImportant Bird Area (IBA) because they have supported over 1% of the world populations ofpied imperial pigeons (with up to 4000 nests) andblack noddies (up to 7500 nests).^[2]

Islands

Baird Island (1 ha) –coral and shinglecay withmangroves (dominated byRhizophora stylosa andAvicennia marina) growing to a canopy height of 5 m^[1]
Beesley Island (2.4 ha) – cay withgrasses andherbs, sharing the same reef as Baird Island^[1]
Farmer Island (7 ha) – cay with a grass andshrub exterior and a wooded interior dominated byPisonia grandis forest up to 4 m in height^[1]
Fisher Island (3 ha) – coral shingle cay with shrubs and mangroves, sharing the same reef as Fisher Island^[1]

See also

Protected areas of Queensland

References

^^a ^b ^c ^d ^eBirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Piper Islands. Downloaded fromhttp://www.birdlife.org on 19/09/2011.
^"IBA: Piper Islands".Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived fromthe original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved19 September 2011.

External links

Piper Islands National Park - State of Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing

v t e Far North Queensland,Queensland
Cities	Cairns
Townships	Atherton Aurukun Babinda Badu Island Bamaga Burketown Cardwell Chillagoe Coen Cooktown Croydon Dimbulah Doomadgee Georgetown Gordonvale Herberton Hope Vale Innisfail Karumba Kowanyama Kuranda Laura Lockhart River Malanda Mapoon Mareeba Millaa Millaa Mission Beach Mornington Island Mossman Napranum Normanton Pormpuraaw Port Douglas Thursday Island Tully Weipa Wujal Wujal Yungaburra
Local Government Areas	Aurukun Burke Cairns Carpentaria Cassowary Coast Cook Croydon Doomadgee Douglas Etheridge Hope Vale Kowanyama Lockhart River Mapoon Mareeba Mornington Napranum Northern Peninsula Area Pormpuraaw Tablelands Torres Strait Islands (not autonomous) Torres Strait Islands (autonomous) Weipa Wujal Wujal Yarrabah
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Places of Interest	Atherton Tableland Barron Falls Cape Tribulation Daintree Rainforest Hinchinbrook Island Mount Bartle Frere Princess Charlotte Bay Torres Strait Islands

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Darling Downs	Bendidee Bunya Mountains Crows Nest Erringibba Girraween Main Range Mount Binga Pidna Southwood Sundown The Palms Wondul Range
Far North	Alwal Annan River Apudthama Barnard Island Group Barron Gorge Basilisk Range Blackbraes Bulleringa Cape Melville Chillagoe-Mungana Claremont Isles Clump Mountain Crater Lakes Daintree Danbulla Davies Creek Dinden Djiru Ella Bay Endeavour River Eubenangee Swamp Family Islands Fitzroy Island Flinders Group Frankland Group Forty Mile Scrub Great Basalt Wall Green Island Grey Peaks Girramay Girringun Goold Island Hann Tableland Hasties Swamp Herberton Range Hinchinbrook Island Hope Islands Howick Group Hull River Japoon Kalkajaka Kirrama Kuranda Kurrimine Beach Kutini-Payamu Lama Lama Little Mulgrave Lizard Island Ma’alpiku Island Macalister Range Malaan Maria Creek Marpa Michaelmas and Upolu Cays Millstream Falls Mitchell-Alice Rivers Mitirinchi Island Moresby Range Mount Cook Mount Hypipamee Mount Lewis Mount Spurgeon Mount Webb Mount Windsor Mowbray Ngalba Bulal Nymph Island Oyala Thumotang Palmerston Rocks Piper Islands Possession Island Raine Island Rinyirru Rocky Islets Russell River Sandbanks Saunders Islands Sir Charles Hardy Group Staaten River Starcke Three Islands Topaz Road Tully Gorge Turtle Group Two Islands Undara Volcanic Wooroonooran Wuthara Island Yamarrinh Wachangan Islands Yungaburra
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