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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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For endangered species, red and gray tabs at the top of the page indicate level of threatened status from the IUCN and the Libro Rogo de los Vertebrados Cubanos (Red Data Book for Cuban Vertebrates). Descriptions are similarly compressed–no icons or silhouettes or physical descriptions.

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

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But other species have not been recorded in the ABA Area, including, of course, all 16 Puerto Rican endemics. 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. Some of these are unique examples of U.S.