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King bioregion
Bioregion in Tasmania, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the bioregion. For the island, see King Island (Tasmania).
King is an interim Australian bioregion which includes King Island, the Hunter Islands, Robbins Island, and the north-western tip of Tasmania. The bioregion covers 425,567 hectares (1,051,600 acres).[1][2]
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King Island, located at the western entrance to Bass 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, the King Island brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi) and King Island scrubtit (Acanthornis magna greeniana).[3]