{{short description|Island in Queensland, Australia}} {{For|the island in the United States|Hicks Island (New York)}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox islands | name = Hicks Island | native_name = <!-- or local name to remove the "native name:" prefix --> | sobriquet = <!-- or nickname --> | image_name = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = | locator_map = | locator_map_size = | map_caption = | location = Northern Australia | coordinates = {{Coord|-11.983|143.269|type:isle_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = | waterbody = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 1.6 | area_footnotes = | rank = | length_km = <!-- or length m --> | length_footnotes = | width_km = <!-- or width m --> | width_footnotes = | coastline_km = <!-- or coastline m --> | coastline_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_footnotes = | highest_mount = <!--name--> | country = Australia | country_admin_divisions_title = State | country_admin_divisions = Queensland | demonym = | population = | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | density_footnotes = | ethnic_groups = | website = | additional_info = }}

'''Hicks Island''' is an island about 1&nbsp;km southeast of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200&nbsp;km northeast of Kutini-Payamu National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape York Peninsula.<ref name=Hicks>{{cite web|title=Map of Hicks Island, QLD|url=http://bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=274187&cmd=sp|accessdate=10 January 2013}}</ref> It is around {{convert|160|ha|1|abbr=off}} in size.<ref name=Hicks /> This island is part of the Home Islands group.

==Birdlife== Hicks Island is part of the Cape York to Cape Grenville Islands Important Bird Area.<ref name="Cape York">{{cite web|title=Cape York to Cape Grenville Islands|url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=23966|publisher=BirdLife International|accessdate=10 January 2013}}</ref> The island is inhabited by species such as the pied imperial-pigeon, bridled tern, roseate tern and lesser crested tern. <gallery mode=packed heights=145> File:Pied Imperial Pigeon, Ducula bicolor bicolor.jpg|A pied imperial-pigeon File:Bridled Terns Lady Elliot.JPG|A bridled tern pair File:Roseate terns Palometas.jpg|A roseate tern pair </gallery>

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Category:Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category:Uninhabited islands of Australia Category:Islands of Far North Queensland Category:Places in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

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