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Term | Avifauna | ||||||
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Group of species of birds confined to a particular territory or period of time. The avifauna of the coastal marine environment in the Dominican Republic can be divided into two main groups: seabirds and shore birds. Seabirds belong to the order Procellariforme and shore birds to the orders Pelicaniformes and Caradriformes. Currently, there are 306 species of birds recorded in the Hispaniola, of which 31 are endemic at a species level. Close to 50% of the endemic birds are considered endangered, some are critically endangered.1 Table A-5 offers a list of the Hispaniola’s threatened endemic birds, with their corresponding state of preservation, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). 1Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales; UASD (Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo); PNUMA (Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente). Informe GEO Republica Dominicana 2010: Estado y Perspectivas del Medio Ambiente [en línea]; PNUMA: Santo Domingo, D.N., 2010. <http://www.pnuma.org/deat1/pdf/GEORepublicaDominicana_Final> (Consulta: 13 enero 2011). |
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Topic | Biodiversity, Protected areas | ||||||
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