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

10,000 Birds

The islands were purchased by the United States from Denmark in 1916. avian diversity: the Puerto Rican Parrot is the only remaining native parrot species and the sole representative of the Tody family ( Todidae) is the Puerto Rican Tody. Virgin Islands are 40 miles east of Puerto Rico and consist of St.