List of secondary endemic bird areas of the world
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 Code | Name | Location | Restricted-range endemics and other notable species |
| s001 | Eastern Bering Sea Islands | The 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 | Alaska | Breeding grounds of bristle-thighed curlew |
| s003 | Michigan 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) |
| s005 | South Veracruz coastal scrub | Mexico | isolated population of Mexican sheartail |
| s006 | South Mexican karst forests | The area between Córdoba, Veracruz and Cerro Oro, Oaxaca, Mexico | The world range of Sumichrast's wren |
| s007 | Eastern Yucatán | The 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 |
| s008 | Clarión | 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 |
| s010 | North Honduran thorn forests | Inland valleys on the Honduran Atlantic slope | The world range of Honduran emerald |
| s011 | Lake Nicaragua marshes | Marshes 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 Nicaragua | The 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 Jamaica | Presence 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 Trinidad | Presence of white-tailed sabrewing, which is otherwise only found in one South American EBA |
Secondary areas in South America
| Birdlife Code | Name | Location | Interest |
| s018 | Lower 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 | ||
| s028 | East Bolivian cerrado | ||
| s029 | Borba | ||
| s030 | Upper Rio Cururu | ||
| s031 | Rio Araguaia | ||
| s032 | Interior Southern Brazil | ||
| s033 | Ceará caatinga and serras | ||
| s034 | Coastal Paraná marshes | ||
| s035 | Coastal Uruguay marshes | ||
| s036 | Salinas Grandes and Ambargasta | ||
| s037 | South Georgia |
Secondary areas in Africa, Europe and the Middle East
| Birdlife Code | Name | Location | Interest |
| s038 | St Helena | ||
| s039 | North Algerian Mountains | ||
| s040 | Upper Niger Valley | ||
| s041 | South-west Nigeria | ||
| s042 | Lower Niger Valley | ||
| s043 | Gabon-Cabinda coast | ||
| s044 | West Zaïre and north Angola forests | ||
| s045 | Namibian escarpment | ||
| s046 | Namib desert | ||
| s047 | Karoo | ||
| s048 | Kerguelen and Crozet Islands | ||
| s049 | Isalo massif | ||
| s050 | Ile Sainte-Marie | ||
| s051 | Southern Zambia | ||
| s052 | North-west Zambia | ||
| s053 | Lake Lufira | ||
| s054 | Upemba plains | ||
| s055 | South-west Tanzanian swamps | ||
| s056 | Kilombero floodplain | ||
| s057 | Dry woodlands west of Lake Victoria | ||
| s058 | Kakamega and Nandi forests | ||
| s059 | North Ugandan swamps | ||
| s060 | North-east Uganda | ||
| s061 | North Kenyan short-grass plains | ||
| s062 | Mount Kulal | ||
| s063 | Northern Ethiopia | ||
| s064 | North-west Somalia | ||
| s065 | Djibouti juniper forests | ||
| s066 | North-east Sudan | ||
| s067 | Levantine mountains | ||
| s068 | Corsican mountains | ||
| s069 | Azores | ||
| s070 | Caledonian pine forest |
Secondary Areas in Continental Asia
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| s075 | Central Indian Forests | India | Forest owlet |
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Secondary Areas in South-east Asian islands, New Guinea and Australia
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Secondary Areas in the Pacific Islands region
| Birdlife Code | Name | Location | Interest |
| 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 |
See also
- List of Endemic Bird Areas of the World
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
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