List of secondary endemic bird areas of the world

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The following is a list of areas classified by Birdlife International as Secondary Areas, namely areas which contain at least one restricted-range endemic bird species, but do not qualify for the full Endemic Bird Area status.

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Secondary areas in North and Central America

Birdlife CodeNameLocationRestricted-range endemics and other notable species
s001Eastern Bering Sea IslandsThe islands of St Matthew, Hall Island, St Lawrence, St Paul and St George, in the Bering Sea, Alaska Breeding grounds of McKay's bunting
s002 Seward Peninsula and Yukon Delta AlaskaBreeding grounds of bristle-thighed curlew
s003Michigan Jack pine savanna Michigan Breeding grounds of Kirtland's warbler
s004 Edwards Plateau Central Texas Breeding grounds of golden-cheeked warbler (and also an important area for the non-restricted-range black-capped vireo)
s005South Veracruz coastal scrub Mexico isolated population of Mexican sheartail
s006South Mexican karst forestsThe area between Córdoba, Veracruz and Cerro Oro, Oaxaca, MexicoThe world range of Sumichrast's wren
s007Eastern YucatánThe east Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico and Belize, and offshore islands belonging to Mexico, Belize and Honduras All areas inhabited by Yucatán vireo which are not part of the Cayman Islands Secondary area and are not included within the region's EBAs
s008Clarión Clarión Island The world range of Clarión wren, plus the only breeding site of the non-restricted-range Townsend's shearwater
s009 Swan Islands between Honduras and Grand Cayman Inhabited by vitelline warbler, elsewhere found only in the Cayman Islands
s010North Honduran thorn forestsInland valleys on the Honduran Atlantic slopeThe world range of Honduran emerald
s011 Lake Nicaragua marshesMarshes on the shorelines of Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua The world range of Nicaraguan grackle
s012 Isla de Providencia In the Caribbean, east of Nicaragua The only area inhabited by thick-billed vireo which is not included within Caribbean EBAs
s013 San Andrés Island In the Caribbean, east of NicaraguaThe world range of St Andrés vireo; also present, Jamaican oriole, which is otherwise only found in one EBA (Jamaica), and one other secondary area (s014)
s014 Cayman Islands In the Caribbean, west of JamaicaPresence of four restricted-range species, all of which are found in other EBAs (Yucatán vireo, thick-billed vireo, vitelline warbler, Jamaican oriole); also, the extinct Grand Cayman thrush was formerly found here
s015 Netherlands Antilles In the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela Presence of yellow-shouldered amazon (which is otherwise only found in one South American EBA), and pearly-eyed thrasher, a species found in several Caribbean EBAs.
s016 Trinidad In the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela The world range of Trinidad piping-guan
s017 Tobago In the Caribbean, off the north coast of TrinidadPresence of white-tailed sabrewing, which is otherwise only found in one South American EBA

Secondary areas in South America

Birdlife CodeNameLocationInterest
s018Lower Rio Magdalena
s019 Macarena Mountain
s020 Sierra de Chiribiquete
s021 Tumaco and Bocagrande Islands
s022 Huallaga Valley
s023 Upper Inambari valley
s024 Lake Titicaca
s025 Rio Ji-paraná
s026 Rio Guaporé
s027 Beni lowlands
s028East Bolivian cerrado
s029 Borba
s030Upper Rio Cururu
s031 Rio Araguaia
s032Interior Southern Brazil
s033 Ceará caatinga and serras
s034Coastal Paraná marshes
s035Coastal Uruguay marshes
s036 Salinas Grandes and Ambargasta
s037 South Georgia

Secondary areas in Africa, Europe and the Middle East

Birdlife CodeNameLocationInterest
s038 St Helena
s039North Algerian Mountains
s040Upper Niger Valley
s041South-west Nigeria
s042Lower Niger Valley
s043Gabon-Cabinda coast
s044West Zaïre and north Angola forests
s045Namibian escarpment
s046 Namib desert
s047 Karoo
s048 Kerguelen and Crozet Islands
s049Isalo massif
s050Ile Sainte-Marie
s051Southern Zambia
s052North-west Zambia
s053 Lake Lufira
s054Upemba plains
s055South-west Tanzanian swamps
s056Kilombero floodplain
s057Dry woodlands west of Lake Victoria
s058Kakamega and Nandi forests
s059North Ugandan swamps
s060North-east Uganda
s061North Kenyan short-grass plains
s062 Mount Kulal
s063Northern Ethiopia
s064North-west Somalia
s065Djibouti juniper forests
s066North-east Sudan
s067Levantine mountains
s068Corsican mountains
s069 Azores
s070Caledonian pine forest

Secondary Areas in Continental Asia

Birdlife CodeNameLocationInterest
s071
s072
s073
s074
s075 Central Indian Forests India Forest owlet
s076
s077
s078
s079
s080
s081
s082
s083
s084
s085
s086
s087
s088
s089
s090
s091
s092
s093

Secondary Areas in South-east Asian islands, New Guinea and Australia

Birdlife CodeNameLocationInterest
s094
s095
s096
s097
s098
s099
s100
s101
s102
s103
s104
s105
s106
s107
s108
s109
s110
s111
s112
s113
s114
s115
s116
s117
s118
s119
s120
s121

Secondary Areas in the Pacific Islands region

Birdlife CodeNameLocationInterest
s122 Wake Island
s123 Marshall Islands
s124 Nauru
s125 Gilbert Islands
s126 Ontong Java Atoll
s127 Rotuma
s128 Wallis and Futuna
s129 Niuafo'ou
s130 Tonga
s131 Niue
s132 Snares Islands and Stewart Island islets
s133 Antipodes Islands
s134 Northern Line Islands
s135 Aitutaki
s136 Rapa Iti
s137 Pitcairn
s138 Nihoa

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References

All material on this page is sourced from the Secondary Areas section (pages 653 to 678) of Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation by Alison J. Stattersfield, Michael J. Crosby, Adrian J. Long and David C. Wege (1998), published by Birdlife International ISBN   0-946888-33-7