The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Indeed, Puerto Rico is second only to the much larger Cuba in terms of bird species in the West Indies. Although most conservation research focuses on northern breeding grounds, many ABA Area birds spend most of the year elsewhere. (Herbert Rafaelle includes 284 species in his field guide , which covers both territories.)
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