List of secondary endemic bird areas of the world
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The following is a list of areas classified by Birdlife International as Secondary Areas, namely areas which contain at least one restricted-range endemic bird species, but do not qualify for the full Endemic Bird Area status.
Secondary areas in North and Central America[edit]
Birdlife Code | Name | Location | Restricted-range endemics and other notable species |
s001 | Eastern Bering Sea Islands | The islands of St Matthew, Hall Island, St Lawrence, St Paul and St George, in the Bering Sea, Alaska | Breeding grounds of McKay's bunting |
s002 | Seward Peninsula and Yukon Delta | Alaska | Breeding grounds of bristle-thighed curlew |
s003 | Michigan Jack pine savanna | Michigan | Breeding grounds of Kirtland's warbler |
s004 | Edwards Plateau | Central Texas | Breeding grounds of golden-cheeked warbler (and also an important area for the non-restricted-range black-capped vireo) |
s005 | South Veracruz coastal scrub | Mexico | isolated population of Mexican sheartail |
s006 | South Mexican karst forests | The area between Córdoba, Veracruz and Cerro Oro, Oaxaca, Mexico | The world range of Sumichrast's wren |
s007 | Eastern Yucatán | The east Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico and Belize, and offshore islands belonging to Mexico, Belize and Honduras | All areas inhabited by Yucatán vireo which are not part of the Cayman Islands Secondary area and are not included within the region's EBAs |
s008 | Clarión | Clarión Island | The world range of Clarión wren, plus the only breeding site of the non-restricted-range Townsend's shearwater |
s009 | Swan Islands | between Honduras and Grand Cayman | Inhabited by vitelline warbler, elsewhere found only in the Cayman Islands |
s010 | North Honduran thorn forests | Inland valleys on the Honduran Atlantic slope | The world range of Honduran emerald |
s011 | Lake Nicaragua marshes | Marshes on the shorelines of Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua | The world range of Nicaraguan grackle |
s012 | Isla de Providencia | In the Caribbean, east of Nicaragua | The only area inhabited by thick-billed vireo which is not included within Caribbean EBAs |
s013 | San Andrés Island | In the Caribbean, east of Nicaragua | The world range of St Andrés vireo; also present, Jamaican oriole, which is otherwise only found in one EBA (Jamaica), and one other secondary area (s014) |
s014 | Cayman Islands | In the Caribbean, west of Jamaica | Presence of four restricted-range species, all of which are found in other EBAs (Yucatán vireo, thick-billed vireo, vitelline warbler, Jamaican oriole); also, the extinct Grand Cayman thrush was formerly found here |
s015 | Netherlands Antilles | In the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela | Presence of yellow-shouldered amazon (which is otherwise only found in one South American EBA), and pearly-eyed thrasher, a species found in several Caribbean EBAs. |
s016 | Trinidad | In the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela | The world range of Trinidad piping-guan |
s017 | Tobago | In the Caribbean, off the north coast of Trinidad | Presence of white-tailed sabrewing, which is otherwise only found in one South American EBA |
Secondary areas in South America[edit]
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Birdlife Code | Name | Location | Interest |
s018 | Lower Rio Magdalena | ||
s019 | Macarena Mountain | ||
s020 | Sierra de Chiribiquete | ||
s021 | Tumaco and Bocagrande Islands | ||
s022 | Huallaga Valley | ||
s023 | Upper Inambari valley | ||
s024 | Lake Titicaca | ||
s025 | Rio Ji-paraná | ||
s026 | Rio Guaporé | ||
s027 | Beni lowlands | ||
s028 | East Bolivian cerrado | ||
s029 | Borba | ||
s030 | Upper Rio Cururu | ||
s031 | Rio Araguaia | ||
s032 | Interior Southern Brazil | ||
s033 | Ceará caatinga and serras | ||
s034 | Coastal Paraná marshes | ||
s035 | Coastal Uruguay marshes | ||
s036 | Salinas Grandes and Ambargasta | ||
s037 | South Georgia |
Secondary areas in Africa, Europe and the Middle East[edit]
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Birdlife Code | Name | Location | Interest |
s038 | St Helena | ||
s039 | North Algerian Mountains | ||
s040 | Upper Niger Valley | ||
s041 | South-west Nigeria | ||
s042 | Lower Niger Valley | ||
s043 | Gabon-Cabinda coast | ||
s044 | West Zaïre and north Angola forests | ||
s045 | Namibian escarpment | ||
s046 | Namib desert | ||
s047 | Karoo | ||
s048 | Kerguelen and Crozet Islands | ||
s049 | Isalo massif | ||
s050 | Ile Sainte-Marie | ||
s051 | Southern Zambia | ||
s052 | North-west Zambia | ||
s053 | Lake Lufira | ||
s054 | Upemba plains | ||
s055 | South-west Tanzanian swamps | ||
s056 | Kilombero floodplain | ||
s057 | Dry woodlands west of Lake Victoria | ||
s058 | Kakamega and Nandi forests | ||
s059 | North Ugandan swamps | ||
s060 | North-east Uganda | ||
s061 | North Kenyan short-grass plains | ||
s062 | Mount Kulal | ||
s063 | Northern Ethiopia | ||
s064 | North-west Somalia | ||
s065 | Djibouti juniper forests | ||
s066 | North-east Sudan | ||
s067 | Levantine mountains | ||
s068 | Corsican mountains | ||
s069 | Azores | ||
s070 | Caledonian pine forest |
Secondary Areas in Continental Asia[edit]
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Birdlife Code | Name | Location | Interest |
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s075 | Central Indian Forests | India | Forest owlet |
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Secondary Areas in South-east Asian islands, New Guinea and Australia[edit]
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Secondary Areas in the Pacific Islands region[edit]
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Birdlife Code | Name | Location | Interest |
s122 | Wake Island | ||
s123 | Marshall Islands | ||
s124 | Nauru | ||
s125 | Gilbert Islands | ||
s126 | Ontong Java Atoll | ||
s127 | Rotuma | ||
s128 | Wallis and Futuna | ||
s129 | Niuafo'ou | ||
s130 | Tonga | ||
s131 | Niue | ||
s132 | Snares Islands and Stewart Island islets | ||
s133 | Antipodes Islands | ||
s134 | Northern Line Islands | ||
s135 | Aitutaki | ||
s136 | Rapa Iti | ||
s137 | Pitcairn | ||
s138 | Nihoa |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
All material on this page is sourced from the Secondary Areas section (pages 653 to 678) of Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation by Alison J. Stattersfield, Michael J. Crosby, Adrian J. Long and David C. Wege (1998), published by Birdlife International ISBN 0-946888-33-7