Bird island: Attractions and more...
Flora and Fauna
Bird is one of the principal nesting sites for the sooty tern but also hosts populations of lesser noddies and fairy terns as well as white-tailed tropic birds, fodies, mynahs, plovers and wimbrels.
Situated at the northern edge of the archipelago where the ocean floor plummets to 2000 metres, Bird has extraordinarily rich marine life in the form of hawksbill and green turtles, dolphins and even the occasional whale.
Once famous for its sizeable population of giant land tortoises, Bird now boasts
'Esmeralda' the worlds heaviest giant land tortoise living in the wild and weighing
in at over 300kg. Esmeralda is reputed to be more than 200 years old. Incidentally,
'Esmeralda' is a male.
What to see in detail
Will find places of interest on the map. Clock on the attractions for details
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