The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
160,000), American Samoa (55,000), and the Northern Mariana Islands (54,000). But other species have not been recorded in the ABA Area, including, of course, all 16 Puerto Rican endemics. For example, the Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act—America’s most important avian conservation laws—apply in both territories.
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