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

10,000 Birds

territories are Guam (pop. 160,000), American Samoa (55,000), and the Northern Mariana Islands (54,000). Although most conservation research focuses on northern breeding grounds, many ABA Area birds spend most of the year elsewhere. The only other populated U.S. The Puerto Rican Vireo is declining. Fish & Wildlife Service.