Little Green Island
Little Green Island is a granite island, with an area of, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group. It is partly a conservation area, and partly private property, used for grazing livestock. The island has been degraded by repeated burning and grazing. Commercial muttonbirding took place until 1957, and recreational muttonbirding since then. The island is part of the Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it holds over 1% of the world populations of six bird species.Flora and fauna
The island's vegetation is dominated by tussock grass communities.
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater and sooty oystercatcher. Reptiles present include the metallic skink and tiger snake.
