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

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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. Fish & Wildlife Service. The only other populated U.S. territories are Guam (pop. The Puerto Rican Vireo is declining.