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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

10,000 Birds

Several endangered species are (or have been) highly dependent on specific tracts of federal land. For decades before the reintroduction of additional populations, the Puerto Rican Parrot was only found in El Yunque NF near San Juan. For example, Whooping Cranes winter almost exclusively at Aransas NWR in Texas.

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Endangered Birds: 50th Anniversary for the Class of 1967

10,000 Birds

Before the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), there was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. endangered species was issued on March 11, 1967, under the earlier law, and those listings were ultimately grandfathered into the ESA. Puerto Rican Parrot – Amazona vittata.

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

10,000 Birds

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.