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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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It’s probably on your mind too, especially if you live in the United States. Fernandina’s Flicker, a tongue-twisting alliterative name for one of the most endangered woodpeckers in the world! Cuba is on my mind. 26 endemics! Bee Hummingbird, the smallest hummingbird in the world! And, it is beautiful to look at.

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

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The Hawaii vote made it clear that that the ABA Area is about political borders, not geographical or ecological ones, and the two Caribbean territories have long been part of the United States. The absence of the Caribbean means that ABA Area—and the ABA—excludes important aspects of the avian diversity of the United States.