Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Apodiformes > Apodidae > Chaetura > Chaetura pelagicaChaetura pelagica (Chimney Swift)Synonyms: Hirundo pelagica (homotypic) Language: French; Spanish The chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a bird belonging to the swift family Apodidae. A member of the genus Chaetura, it is closely related to both the Vaux's swift and the Chapman's swift; in the past, the three were sometimes considered to be conspecific. It has no subspecies. The chimney swift is a medium-sized, sooty gray bird with very long, slender wings and very short legs. Like all swifts, it is incapable of perching, and can only cling vertically to surfaces. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 9.2209 EDGE Score: 3.01758 |
Adult Weight [1] | 23 grams | Birth Weight [1] | 1 grams | Male Weight [4] | 23 grams |  | Breeding Habitat [2] | Temperate eastern forests | Wintering Geography [2] | S. American Lowlands | Wintering Habitat [2] | Generalist |  | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 100 % | Forages - Aerial [3] | 60 % | Forages - Canopy [3] | 30 % | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 10 % |  | Clutch Size [5] | 4 | Clutches / Year [1] | 1 | Fledging [4] | 30 days | Global Population (2017 est.) [2] | 7,700,000 | Incubation [1] | 20 days | Mating Display [6] | Non-acrobatic aerial display | Mating System [6] | Monogamy | Maximum Longevity [1] | 15 years | Migration [7] | Intercontinental | Snout to Vent Length [4] | 5 inches (13 cm) |  | Female Maturity [1] | 1 year | Male Maturity [1] | 1 year |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Allegheny Highlands forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Apure-Villavicencio dry forests |
Colombia, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Atlantic coastal pine barrens |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Belizean pine forests |
Belize |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Bermuda subtropical conifer forests |
United Kingdom |
Nearctic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands |
Canada |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central American Atlantic moist forests |
Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central and Southern mixed grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central Andean puna |
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Central Canadian Shield forests |
Canada |
Nearctic |
Boreal Forests/Taiga |
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Central forest-grasslands transition |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central tall grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central U.S. hardwood forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Chiapas Depression dry forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Chiapas montane forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Chimalapas montane forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Chocó-Darién moist forests |
Colombia, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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East Central Texas forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Eastern Canadian forests |
Canada |
Nearctic |
Boreal Forests/Taiga |
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Eastern forest-boreal transition |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Ecuadorian dry forests |
Ecuador |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Edwards Plateau savanna |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Everglades |
United States |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Flint Hills tall grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Florida sand pine scrub |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests |
Canada |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests |
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Middle Atlantic coastal forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Midwestern Canadian Shield forests |
Canada |
Nearctic |
Boreal Forests/Taiga |
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Miskito pine forests |
Honduras, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Mississippi lowland forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Monte Alegre varzea |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Napo moist forests |
Colombia, Venezuela, Peru |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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New England-Acadian forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Northeastern coastal forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Northern mixed grasslands |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern short grasslands |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern tall grasslands |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northwestern Andean montane forests |
Colombia, Ecuador |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Oaxacan montane forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Ozark Mountain forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Pantanos de Centla |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Petén-Veracruz moist forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, Belize |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Piney Woods forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Sechura desert |
Peru |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Sierra de los Tuxtlas |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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South Florida rocklands |
United States |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southeastern conifer forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Southeastern mixed forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Southern Great Lakes forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Southwest Amazon moist forests |
Peru, Brazil, Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Tamaulipan matorral |
Mexico |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Tamaulipan mezquital |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Texas blackland prairies |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Tumbes-Piura dry forests |
Ecuador, Peru |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Ucayali moist forests |
Peru |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Upper Midwest forest-savanna transition |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Veracruz dry forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Veracruz moist forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Veracruz montane forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Western Ecuador moist forests |
Colombia, Ecuador |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Western Great Lakes forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Western Gulf Coastal grasslands |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western short grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Yucatán dry forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Yucatán moist forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, Belize |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Acadia National Park |
II |
35996 |
Maine, United States |
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Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Antietam National Battlefield |
III |
3263 |
Maryland, United States |
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Apostle Islands National Lakeshore |
II |
36006 |
Wisconsin, United States |
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Assateague Island National Seashore |
II |
8621 |
Maryland, United States |
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Audubon National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
14642 |
North Dakota, United States |
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Big Cypress National Preserve |
V |
732120 |
Florida, United States |
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Big Morongo Canyon Preserve Area of Critical Environmental Concern |
V |
3906 |
California, United States |
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Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
616880 |
Texas, United States |
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Biscayne National Park |
II |
11085 |
Florida, United States |
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Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
4842 |
Georgia, United States |
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
19192 |
Maryland, United States |
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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
16363 |
Delaware, United States |
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Buffalo National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
59947 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
II |
9090 |
Florida, United States |
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park |
II |
234333 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Cape Cod National Seashore |
II |
21724 |
Massachusetts, United States |
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore |
II |
21476 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Cape Lookout National Seashore |
II |
18379 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
8964 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Catoctin Mountain Park National Park |
II |
5994 |
Maryland, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Central Plains Biosphere Reserve |
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15345 |
United States |
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Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve |
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9859505 |
New York, Vermont, United States |
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Channel Islands National Park |
II |
139010 |
California, United States |
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Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area |
V |
7622 |
Georgia, United States |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
19586 |
Maryland, District of Columbia, United States |
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Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
V |
7025 |
Oklahoma, United States |
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Ciénaga de Zapata National Park |
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1606900 |
Cuba |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Congaree Swamp National Park |
II |
6095 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Cordillera Volcanica Central Forest Reserve |
VI |
150571 |
Costa Rica |
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Cumberland Island National Seashore |
II |
20629 |
Georgia, United States |
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Cuyahoga Valley National Park |
II |
24907 |
Ohio, United States |
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De Soto National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
8007 |
Iowa, Nebraska, United States |
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Dzilam de Bravo Wetland Reserve |
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149170 |
Yucatan, Mexico |
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Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
66133 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary |
IV |
2387149 |
Florida, United States |
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Forillon National Park |
II |
61010 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Fort Pulaski National Monument |
V |
4213 |
Georgia, United States |
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Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Nat'l Military Park National Military Park |
V |
10384 |
Virginia, United States |
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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Gettysburg National Military Park |
V |
3560 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
3161 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Horicon National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
21369 |
Wisconsin, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Hot Springs National Park |
II |
5740 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Hubbard Brook Biosphere Reserve |
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7809 |
New Hampshire, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve |
Ib |
571799 |
Michigan, United States |
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Jean Lafitte National Hist. Park & Preserve National Historical Park |
II |
17686 |
Louisiana, United States |
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Kejimkujik National Park |
II |
94203 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct National Park |
II |
4970 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Konza Prairie Biosphere Reserve |
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8617 |
Kansas, United States |
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Kouchibouguac National Park |
II |
59161 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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La Mauricie National Park |
II |
131706 |
Quebec, Canada |
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La Selva Biological Station Protective Zone |
VI |
6052 |
Costa Rica |
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Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
28351 |
Louisiana, United States |
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Lake Superior Provincial Park |
IV |
351011 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve |
V |
166264 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Long Point Biosphere Reserve |
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100325 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Maya Multiple Use Area |
|
1156412 |
Guatemala |
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New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
55591 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
|
470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park |
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20001 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
5268 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
38256 |
Florida, United States |
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Ozark National Scenic Riverways National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
54621 |
Missouri, United States |
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Padre Island National Seashore |
II |
42068 |
Texas, United States |
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore |
II |
67888 |
Michigan, United States |
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Plymouth Sound and Estuaries |
|
15820 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Podocarpus National Park |
II |
364096 |
Ecuador |
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Point Pelee National Park |
II |
5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Point Reyes National Seashore |
II |
27068 |
California, United States |
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Pukaskwa National Park |
II |
459860 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Reserva Nacional Lauca National Park |
II |
349990 |
Chile |
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Reserve de la Biosphere de Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve |
|
1383790 |
Canada |
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Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
762028 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Rocky Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
239938 |
Colorado, United States |
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Rondeau Provincial Park |
II |
5035 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
23844 |
Oklahoma, United States |
|
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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area |
V |
38440 |
California, United States |
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Santee Coastal Reserve and Washo Reserve State Habitat Area |
IV |
20850 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Scotts Bluff National Monument |
V |
3185 |
Nebraska, United States |
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Sevilleta LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
IV |
228335 |
New Mexico, United States |
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Shenandoah National Park |
II |
108221 |
Virginia, United States |
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Shipstern Nature Reserve |
IV |
20453 |
Belize |
|
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
62563 |
Michigan, United States |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
|
20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
|
37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve |
|
3821173 |
Canada |
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Tikal National Park |
II |
142943 |
Guatemala |
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Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
25823 |
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States |
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Valley Forge National Historical Park |
VI |
3509 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Virginia Coast Biosphere Reserve |
|
33386 |
Virginia, United States |
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Voyageurs National Park |
II |
177960 |
Minnesota, United States |
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
26618 |
Alabama, United States |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands |
Mexico, United States |
No |
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Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
No |
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Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
No |
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Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena |
Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru |
No |
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