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

10,000 Birds

The capital is San Juan, an important center of Caribbean culture and transportation. Although most conservation research focuses on northern breeding grounds, many ABA Area birds spend most of the year elsewhere. Puerto Rico became a territory in 1898 and a commonwealth in 1952. The Puerto Rican Vireo is declining. King Airport on St.