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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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Cuba is on my mind. Fernandina’s Flicker, a tongue-twisting alliterative name for one of the most endangered woodpeckers in the world! birders have been able to visit Cuba as part of survey groups and cultural exchanges for years, but those trips have been few in number and not always easy to find. and Cuba.).

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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(Herbert Rafaelle includes 284 species in his field guide , which covers both territories.) Both are situated at the convergence of the Greater and Lesser Antilles, and have species from each region. Indeed, Puerto Rico is second only to the much larger Cuba in terms of bird species in the West Indies.