List of ecoregions in Honduras explained

This is a list of ecoregions in Honduras as defined by the World Wildlife Fund and the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World database.

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Central American Atlantic moist forests^[1]
• Central American montane forests^[2]

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

• Central American dry forests^[3]

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

• Central American pine–oak forests^[4]
• Miskito pine forests^[5]

Mangroves

• Gulf of Fonseca mangroves^[6]
• Mosquitia–Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves^[7]
• Northern Honduras mangroves^[8]

Freshwater ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers

• Chiapas–Fonseca^[9]
• Quintana Roo–Motagua^[10]
• Mosquitia^[11]
• Estero Real–Tempisque^[12]

Marine ecoregions

Tropical Northwestern Atlantic

• Western Caribbean^[13] (includes the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef^[14])
• Southwestern Caribbean^[13]

Tropical East Pacific

• Chiapas-Nicaragua^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Central American Atlantic moist forests. World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
2. Web site: Central American montane forests. World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
3. Web site: Central American dry forests. World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
4. Web site: Central American pine-oak forests. World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
5. Web site: Miskito pine forests . World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
6. Web site: Gulf of Fonseca mangroves . World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
7. Web site: Mosquitia-Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves . World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-23.
8. Web site: Northern Honduras mangroves. World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
9. Web site: Chiapas - Fonseca . https://archive.today/20130924180023/http://www.feow.org/ecoregion_details_new.php?eco=201 . dead . 2013-09-24 . Freshwater Ecoregions of the World . 2013-09-24 .
10. Web site: Quintana Roo - Motagua . Freshwater Ecoregions of the World . 2013-09-24 .
11. Web site: Mosquitia . Freshwater Ecoregions of the World . 2013-09-24 .
12. Web site: Estero Real - Tempisque . https://web.archive.org/web/20120602033900/http://www.feow.org/ecoregion_details_new.php?eco=204 . dead . 2012-06-02 . Freshwater Ecoregions of the World . 2013-09-24.
13. Web site: Marine Ecoregions (Spalding 2007). [Map by] GEOMAR, University of Seville, Department of Human Geography. ]. Marine ecoregions . JPG . marineplan.es . 2013-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170212110426/http://www.marineplan.es/ES/fichas_kml/mapasfichas/ecoregions.jpg . 2017-02-12 . dead .
14. Web site: Mesoamerican Reef. World Wildlife Fund . 2013-08-19.