| Chicken Island | |
| Map: | Australia Tasmania |
| Map Width: | 280 |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Label: | Chicken Island |
| Label Position: | left |
| Coordinates: | -43.57°N 146.6°W |
| Location: | South West Tasmania |
| Waterbody: | Southern Ocean |
| Area Ha: | 1.95 |
| Length M: | --> |
| Coastline M: | --> |
| Country: | Australia |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Tasmania |
| Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Region |
| Country Admin Divisions 1: | South West |
| Population: | Unpopulated |
Chicken Island is an island located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The low, flat, 1.95ha island is part of the Maatsuyker Islands Group, and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.[1] [2]
The vegetation is dominated by Sarcocornia quinqueflora and Senecio pinnatifolius. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.