Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Parulidae > Setophaga > Setophaga caerulescensSetophaga caerulescens (Black-throated Blue Warbler)Synonyms: Dendroica caerulescens; Motacilla caerulescens (homotypic) Language: French; Spanish The black-throated blue warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) is a small passerine bird of the New World warbler family. Its breeding ranges are located in the interior of deciduous and mixed coniferous forests in eastern North America. Over the cooler months, it migrates to islands in the Caribbean and Central America. It is a very rarely found in western Europe, where it is considered to be a non-indigenous species. The black-throated blue warbler is sexually dimorphic; the adult male has a black face and cheeks, deep blue upperparts and white underparts, while the adult female is olive-brown above and light yellow below. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.5545 EDGE Score: 1.71461 |
Adult Weight [1] | 10 grams | Birth Weight [3] | 1.5 grams | | Breeding Habitat [2] | Boreal forests, Temperate eastern forests | Wintering Geography [2] | Caribbean | Wintering Habitat [2] | Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical dry forests, Mangroves | | Diet [4] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore | Diet - Fruit [4] | 10 % | Diet - Invertibrates [4] | 70 % | Diet - Nectar [4] | 10 % | Diet - Seeds [4] | 10 % | Forages - Canopy [4] | 20 % | Forages - Mid-High [4] | 40 % | Forages - Understory [4] | 40 % | | Clutch Size [6] | 4 | Clutches / Year [5] | 2 | Fledging [1] | 10 days | Global Population (2017 est.) [2] | 2,400,000 | Incubation [5] | 13 days | Mating System [3] | Monogamy | Maximum Longevity [5] | 10 years | Migration [7] | Intercontinental | | Female Maturity [5] | 1 year | Male Maturity [5] | 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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Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves |
Brazil, Columbia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Mangroves |
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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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Araya and Paria xeric scrub |
Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Bahamian pine mosaic |
Bahamas |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Bahamoan-Antillean mangroves |
Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Neotropic |
Mangroves |
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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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Caribbean shrublands |
France, United Kingdom, Dominica, St. Lucia, Netherlands |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric 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 Canadian Shield forests |
Canada |
Nearctic |
Boreal Forests/Taiga |
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Cuban cactus scrub |
Cuba |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Cuban dry forests |
Cuba |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Cuban moist forests |
Cuba |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Cuban pine forests |
Cuba |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Cuban wetlands |
Cuba |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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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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Enriquillo wetlands |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub |
Colombia, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests |
Canada |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Hispaniolan dry forests |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Hispaniolan moist forests |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Hispaniolan pine forests |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Jamaican dry forests |
Jamaica |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Jamaican moist forests |
Jamaica |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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La Costa xeric shrublands |
Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Leeward Islands moist forests |
St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Lesser Antillean dry forests |
Grenada, St. Lucia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Mesoamerican Gulf-Caribbean mangroves |
Bahamas, United Kingdom |
Neotropic |
Mangroves |
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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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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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Paraguana xeric scrub |
Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Petén-Veracruz moist forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, Belize |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Puerto Rican dry forests |
United States |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Puerto Rican moist forests |
United States |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern Great Lakes forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Trinidad and Tobago moist forests |
Trinidad and Tobago |
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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Western Great Lakes forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Windward Islands moist forests |
Martinique, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist 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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Alejandro de Humboldt National Park |
II |
175430 |
Cuba |
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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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Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve |
VI |
358906 |
Mexico |
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Bandelier National Monument |
V |
8107 |
New Mexico, United States |
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Big Bend Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
815561 |
Texas, 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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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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Buenavista Wetland Reserve |
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778949 |
Cuba |
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California Coast Ranges Biosphere Reserve |
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153447 |
California, 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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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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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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Chiquibul Forest Reserve |
VI |
148670 |
Belize |
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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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Creighton Ranch Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
3275 |
California, United States |
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Crosswinds Marsh Nature Preserve |
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1050 |
Michigan, United States |
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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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Death Valley National Park |
II |
762125 |
California, Nevada, United States |
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Edwin S. George Reserve |
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1297 |
Michigan, United States |
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Effigy Mounds National Monument |
V |
1296 |
Iowa, 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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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Gateway National Recreation Area |
V |
1807 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Gettysburg National Military Park |
V |
3560 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area |
V |
1087901 |
Arizona, Utah, United States |
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Grand Canyon National Park |
II |
1210128 |
Arizona, 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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Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
II |
46114 |
Texas, 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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Joshua Tree National Park |
II |
305076 |
California, United States |
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Kejimkujik National Park |
II |
94203 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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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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Lake Mead National Recreation Area |
V |
670229 |
Arizona, Nevada, 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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Luquillo Biosphere Reserve |
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8617 |
Puerto Rico, United States |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve |
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5901 |
California, United States |
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Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve |
VI |
814711 |
Chiapas, Mexico |
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Morristown National Historical Park |
VI |
1677 |
New Jersey, United States |
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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 |
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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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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
38256 |
Florida, United States |
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Organ Pipe Cactus Biosphere Reserve |
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327376 |
Arizona, United States |
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Parque Nacional Henri Pittier National Park |
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218030 |
Venezuela |
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Pico Mogote Ecological Reserve |
II |
3698 |
Cuba |
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore |
II |
67888 |
Michigan, United States |
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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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Prince William Forest Park |
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19378 |
District of Columbia, United States |
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Pukaskwa National Park |
II |
459860 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Redwood National Park |
II |
77867 |
California, United States |
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Reserve de la Biosphere de Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve |
|
1383790 |
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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Seaflower Marine Protected Area |
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15125514 |
Colombia |
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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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Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (incl. Tayrona NP) National Park |
II |
1031303 |
Colombia |
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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 |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve |
|
3821173 |
Canada |
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Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve |
II |
4859 |
Cuba |
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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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Virgin Islands Biosphere Reserve |
|
15148 |
Virgin Islands, 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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White Sands National Monument |
III |
139922 |
New Mexico, United States |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Caribbean Islands |
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. |
No |
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Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
No |
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