5-591: The Milingimbi Islands Important Bird Area comprises 94 km of land in the Milingimbi, or Crocodile Islands group, of the Northern Territory of Australia . The area is traditionally owned Aboriginal land. The mudflats are an important staging site for migratory waders , or shorebirds. The islands lie close to the northern coast of Arnhem Land in Castlereagh Bay, not far from
10-931: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Crocodile Islands The Crocodile Islands are a group of islands belonging to the Yan-nhaŋu people of the Northern Territory of Australia . They are located off the coast of Arnhem Land in the Arafura Sea . As of 2023 the Crocodile Islands are protected as part of the National Reserve System as a protected area called the Crocodile Islands Maringa Indigenous Protected Area (IPA). The islands were formed by stabilising sea levels 5000 years before present. They were discovered by
15-623: The Dutch in the seventeenth century and named the Crocodils Eÿlandt . Several of the Crocodile Islands, with their associated mudflats , have been identified by BirdLife International as forming the Milingimbi Islands Important Bird Area (IBA) because they support large numbers of waders , or shorebirds. Murrungga Island has one of the most significant migratory bird nesting and breeding sites in
20-540: The mouth of the Glyde River. The IBA includes the small islands of Darbada, Yabooma, Crocodile, Gananggarngur and Mooroongga, as well as the coastal fringe of Milingimbi Island , and consists mainly of intertidal mudflats with fringing mangroves , saltmarsh and chenopod shrubland , with sandy beaches and dunes on exposed shores. The land so described has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports over 1% of
25-493: The world populations of grey-tailed tattlers and pied oystercatchers , and large numbers of eastern curlews and great knots . Other birds recorded on the islands in large numbers include radjah shelducks , Terek sandpipers , bar-tailed godwits and common terns . chestnut rails are present on the islands. 12°03′44″S 134°54′04″E / 12.06222°S 134.90111°E / -12.06222; 134.90111 This Northern Territory geography article
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