List of secondary endemic bird areas of the world explained

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.

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, AlaskaBreeding grounds of McKay's bunting
s002Seward Peninsula and Yukon DeltaAlaskaBreeding grounds of bristle-thighed curlew
s003Michigan Jack pine savannaMichiganBreeding grounds of Kirtland's warbler
s004Edwards PlateauCentral TexasBreeding grounds of golden-cheeked warbler (and also an important area for the non-restricted-range black-capped vireo)
s005South Veracruz coastal scrubMexicoisolated 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 HondurasAll areas inhabited by Yucatán vireo which are not part of the Cayman Islands Secondary area and are not included within the region's EBAs
s008ClariónClarión IslandThe world range of Clarión wren, plus the only breeding site of the non-restricted-range Townsend's shearwater
s009Swan Islandsbetween Honduras and Grand CaymanInhabited 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
s011Lake Nicaragua marshesMarshes on the shorelines of Lake Nicaragua and Lake ManaguaThe world range of Nicaraguan grackle
s012Isla de ProvidenciaIn the Caribbean, east of NicaraguaThe only area inhabited by thick-billed vireo which is not included within Caribbean EBAs
s013San Andrés IslandIn 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)
s014Cayman IslandsIn 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
s015Netherlands AntillesIn the Caribbean, off the coast of VenezuelaPresence 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.
s016TrinidadIn the Caribbean, off the coast of VenezuelaThe world range of Trinidad piping-guan
s017TobagoIn 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
s019Macarena Mountain
s020Sierra de Chiribiquete
s021Tumaco and Bocagrande Islands
s022Huallaga Valley
s023Upper Inambari valley
s024Lake Titicaca
s025Rio Ji-paraná
s026Rio Guaporé
s027Beni lowlands
s028East Bolivian cerrado
s029Borba
s030Upper Rio Cururu
s031Rio Araguaia
s032Interior Southern Brazil
s033Ceará caatinga and serras
s034Coastal Paraná marshes
s035Coastal Uruguay marshes
s036Salinas Grandes and Ambargasta
s037South Georgia

Secondary areas in Africa, Europe and the Middle East

Birdlife CodeNameLocationInterest
s038St Helena
s039North Algerian Mountains
s040Upper Niger Valley
s041South-west Nigeria
s042Lower Niger Valley
s043Gabon-Cabinda coast
s044West Zaïre and north Angola forests
s045Namibian escarpment
s046Namib desert
s047Karoo
s048Kerguelen and Crozet Islands
s049Isalo massif
s050Ile Sainte-Marie
s051Southern Zambia
s052North-west Zambia
s053Lake 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
s062Mount Kulal
s063Northern Ethiopia
s064North-west Somalia
s065Djibouti juniper forests
s066North-east Sudan
s067Levantine mountains
s068Corsican mountains
s069Azores
s070Caledonian pine forest

Secondary Areas in Continental Asia

Birdlife CodeNameLocationInterest
s071
s072
s073
s074
s075Central Indian ForestsIndiaForest 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
s122Wake Island
s123Marshall Islands
s124Nauru
s125Gilbert Islands
s126Ontong Java Atoll
s127Rotuma
s128Wallis and Futuna
s129Niuafo'ou
s130Tonga
s131Niue
s132Snares Islands and Stewart Island islets
s133Antipodes Islands
s134Northern Line Islands
s135Aitutaki
s136Rapa Iti
s137Pitcairn
s138Nihoa

See also