| King Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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 Theinterim Australian bioregions, with King in red | |||||||||||||||
| Area | 426 km2 (164.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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King is aninterim Australian bioregion which includesKing Island, theHunter Islands,Robbins Island, and the north-western tip ofTasmania. The bioregion covers 425,567 hectares (1,051,600 acres).[1][2]
King Island, located at the western entrance toBass Strait, is home to a range of native plants and animals, some of which are under threat of extinction. Plant species under threat include, but are not restricted to, native orchids and ferns, whilst the animal species include the locally endemic threatened birds, theKing Island brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi) andKing Island scrubtit (Acanthornis magna greeniana).[3]
