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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Heard and McDonald Islands' has mentioned 'Birds' in the following places:
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| Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Wetlands 2.2 Climate 3 Wildlife 3.1 Flora 3.1.1 Constraints 3.1.2 History 3.1.3 Flowering plants and ferns 3.1.4 Mosses and liverworts 3.1.5 Algae 3.1.6 Vegetation communities 3.1.7 Outlook 3.2 Fungi 3.3 Fauna 3.3.1 Mammals 3.3.2 Birds 3.3.3 Terrestrial, freshwater and coastal invertebrates 3.4 Retreat of Heard Island glaciers 4 Administration and economy 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links | WIKI |
| Birds[edit] | WIKI |
| Heard Island and the McDonald Islands are free from introduced predators and provide crucial breeding habitat in the middle of the vast Southern Ocean for a range of birds. | WIKI |
| The surrounding waters are important feeding areas for birds and some scavenging species also derive sustenance from their cohabitants on the islands. | WIKI |
| Nineteen species of birds have been recorded as breeding on Heard Island[32] and the McDonald Islands, although recent volcanic activity at the McDonald Islands in the last decade is likely to have reduced vegetated and un-vegetated nesting areas. | WIKI |
| Penguins are by far the most abundant birds on the islands, with four breeding species present, comprising king, gentoo, macaroni and eastern rockhopper penguins. | WIKI |
| Beetles and flies dominate Heard Island's known insect fauna, which comprises up to 21 species of ectoparasite (associated with birds and seals) and up to 13 free-living species. | WIKI |
| The large populations of marine birds and mammals, combined with a virtual absence of introduced species, provide a unique arena for the maintenance of biological and evolutionary processes. | UNESCO |
| As the only sub-Antarctic islands virtually free of introduced species and with negligible modification by humans, they are a classic example of a sub-Antarctic island group with large populations of marine birds and mammals numbering in the millions, but low species diversity. | UNESCO |
| The islands also furnish crucial, alien-free habitat for large populations of marine birds and mammals, including major breeding populations of seals, petrels, albatrosses and penguins. | UNESCO |