SHIPSTERN NATURE RESERVE
BELIZE
LOCALE
| # Species: | 257 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 257 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 3 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Great Tinamou | Tinamus major | |
| 2 | Thicket Tinamou | Crypturellus cinnamomeus | |
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| 3 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| 4 | Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata | |
| 5 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors | |
| 6 | /Lesser Scaup/ | Aythya affinis | |
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| 7 | Plain Chachalaca | Ortalis vetula | |
| 8 | Great Curassow | Crax rubra | |
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| 9 | Black-throated Bobwhite | Colinus nigrogularis | |
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| 10 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | |
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| 11 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 12 | Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis | |
| 13 | Scaled Pigeon | Patagioenas speciosa | |
| 14 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | |
| 15 | Red-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas flavirostris | |
| 16 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 17 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
| 18 | Plain-breasted Ground Dove | Columbina minuta | |
| 19 | Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| 20 | Blue Ground Dove | Claravis pretiosa | |
| 21 | White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |
| 22 | Caribbean Dove | Leptotila jamaicensis | |
| 23 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
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| 24 | Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | |
| 25 | Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| 26 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
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| 27 | /Lesser Nighthawk/ | Chordeiles acutipennis | |
| 28 | Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| 29 | Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |
| 30 | Yucatan Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus | |
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| 31 | Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis | |
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| 32 | Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | |
| 33 | Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | |
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| 34 | Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | |
| 35 | /Ruby-throated Hummingbird/ | Archilochus colubris | |
| 36 | Canivet's Emerald | Cynantus canivetii | |
| 37 | Wedge-tailed Sabrewing | Pampa curvipennis | |
| 38 | Cinnamon Hummingbird | Amazilia rutila | |
| 39 | Buff-bellied Hummingbird | Amazilia yucatanensis | |
| 40 | Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl | |
| 41 | White-bellied Emerald | Chlorestes candida | |
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| 42 | Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | |
| 43 | Russet-naped Wood-Rail | Aramides albiventris | |
| 44 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| 45 | /American Coot/ | Fulica americana | |
| 46 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
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| 47 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | |
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| 48 | /Black-necked Stilt/ | Himantopus mexicanus | |
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| 49 | /Killdeer/ | Charadrius vociferus | |
| 50 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| 51 | /Wilson's Plover/ | Anarhynchus wilsonia | |
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| 52 | Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa | |
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| 53 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius | |
| 54 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes | |
| 55 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| 56 | /Western Sandpiper/ | Calidris mauri | |
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| 57 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| 58 | /Caspian Tern/ | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 59 | |Black Tern| | Chlidonias niger | |
| 60 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| 61 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| 62 | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
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| 63 | Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
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| 64 | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
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| 65 | Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritus | |
| 66 | Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianus | |
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| 67 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| 68 | Bare-throated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum | |
| 69 | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | |
| 70 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| 71 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 72 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| 73 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| 74 | Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | |
| 75 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| 76 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| 77 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 78 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 79 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| 80 | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
| 81 | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |
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| 82 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| 83 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| 84 | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | |
| 85 | King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa | |
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| 86 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 87 | White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | |
| 88 | Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | |
| 89 | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | |
| 90 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | |
| 91 | Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | |
| 92 | Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |
| 93 | Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | |
| 94 | Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris | |
| 95 | Gray Hawk | Buteo plagiatus | |
| 96 | Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | |
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| 97 | Middle American Screech-Owl | Megascops guatemalae | |
| 98 | Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
| 99 | Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | |
| 100 | Mottled Owl | Strix virgata | |
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| 101 | Black-headed Trogon | Trogon melanocephalus | |
| 102 | Gartered Trogon | Trogon caligatus | |
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| 103 | Lesson's Motmot | Momotus lessonii | |
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| 104 | Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | |
| 105 | /Belted Kingfisher/ | Megaceryle alcyon | |
| 106 | American Pygmy Kingfisher | Chloroceryle aenea | |
| 107 | Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |
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| 108 | White-necked Puffbird | Notharchus hyperrhynchus | |
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| 109 | Collared Aracari | Pteroglossus torquatus | |
| 110 | Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | |
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| 111 | /Yellow-bellied Sapsucker/ | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| 112 | Yucatan Woodpecker | Melanerpes pygmaeus | |
| 113 | Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes aurifrons | |
| 114 | Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Dryobates scalaris | |
| 115 | Smoky-brown Woodpecker | Dryobates fumigatus | |
| 116 | Pale-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus guatemalensis | |
| 117 | Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | |
| 118 | Chestnut-colored Woodpecker | Celeus castaneus | |
| 119 | Golden-olive Woodpecker | Colaptes rubiginosus | |
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| 120 | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |
| 121 | Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus | |
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| 122 | White-crowned Parrot | Pionus senilis | |
| 123 | Red-lored Parrot | Amazona autumnalis | |
| 124 | White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons | |
| 125 | Yellow-lored Parrot | Amazona xantholora | |
| 126 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | |
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| 127 | Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus | |
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| 128 | Mayan Antthrush | Formicarius moniliger | |
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| 129 | Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | |
| 130 | Ruddy Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla homochroa | |
| 131 | Tawny-winged Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla anabatina | |
| 132 | Northern Barred-Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae | |
| 133 | Ivory-billed Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus flavigaster | |
| 134 | Plain Xenops | Xenops minutus | |
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| 135 | Red-capped Manakin | Ceratopipra mentalis | |
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| 136 | Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor | |
| 137 | Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata | |
| 138 | Northern Schiffornis | Schiffornis veraepacis | |
| 139 | Gray-collared Becard | Pachyramphus major | |
| 140 | Rose-throated Becard | Pachyramphus aglaiae | |
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| 141 | Stub-tailed Spadebill | Platyrinchus cancrominus | |
| 142 | Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus | |
| 143 | Northern Bentbill | Oncostoma cinereigulare | |
| 144 | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum | |
| 145 | Eye-ringed Flatbill | Rhynchocyclus brevirostris | |
| 146 | Yellow-olive Flatbill | Tolmomyias sulphurescens | |
| 147 | Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma imberbe | |
| 148 | Greenish Elaenia | Myiopagis viridicata | |
| 149 | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |
| 150 | /Olive-sided Flycatcher/ | Contopus cooperi | |
| 151 | Northern Tropical Pewee | Contopus bogotensis | |
| 152 | |Eastern Wood-Pewee| | Contopus virens | |
| 153 | /Yellow-bellied Flycatcher/ | Empidonax flaviventris | |
| 154 | /Least Flycatcher/ | Empidonax minimus | |
| 155 | Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | |
| 156 | Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus | |
| 157 | Yucatan Flycatcher | Myiarchus yucatanensis | |
| 158 | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |
| 159 | /Great Crested Flycatcher/ | Myiarchus crinitus | |
| 160 | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | |
| 161 | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| 162 | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| 163 | Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| 164 | Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris | |
| 165 | Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius | |
| 166 | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| 167 | Couch's Kingbird | Tyrannus couchii | |
| 168 | |Eastern Kingbird| | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
| 169 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | |
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| 170 | Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis | |
| 171 | Lesser Greenlet | Pachysilvia decurtata | |
| 172 | /White-eyed Vireo/ | Vireo griseus | |
| 173 | Mangrove Vireo | Vireo pallens | |
| 174 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons | |
| 175 | /Philadelphia Vireo/ | Vireo philadelphicus | |
| 176 | /Red-eyed Vireo/ | Vireo olivaceus | |
| 177 | Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis | |
| 178 | Yucatan Vireo | Vireo magister | |
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| 179 | Brown Jay | Psilorhinus morio | |
| 180 | Green Jay** | Cyanocorax luxuosus | |
| 181 | Yucatan Jay | Cyanocorax yucatanicus | |
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| 182 | /Tree Swallow/ | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| 183 | Mangrove Swallow | Tachycineta albilinea | |
| 184 | Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
| 185 | Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | |
| 186 | /Northern Rough-winged Swallow/ | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
| 187 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
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| 188 | Long-billed Gnatwren | Ramphocaenus melanurus | |
| 189 | White-browed Gnatcatcher | Polioptila bilineata | |
| 190 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
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| 191 | House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| 192 | Spot-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius maculipectus | |
| 193 | White-bellied Wren | Uropsila leucogastra | |
| 194 | White-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucosticta | |
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| 195 | Black Catbird | Melanoptila glabrirostris | |
| 196 | /Gray Catbird/ | Dumetella carolinensis | |
| 197 | Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | |
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| 198 | |Gray-cheeked Thrush| | Catharus minimus | |
| 199 | /Wood Thrush/ | Hylocichla mustelina | |
| 200 | Clay-colored Thrush | Turdus grayi | |
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| 201 | /Cedar Waxwing/ | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| 202 | Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis | |
| 203 | Yellow-throated Euphonia | Euphonia hirundinacea | |
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| 204 | Olive Sparrow | Arremonops rufivirgatus | |
| 205 | Green-backed Sparrow | Arremonops chloronotus | |
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| 206 | Yellow-billed Cacique | Amblycercus holosericeus | |
| 207 | Montezuma Oropendola | Psarocolius montezuma | |
| 208 | Black-cowled Oriole | Icterus prosthemelas | |
| 209 | /Orchard Oriole/ | Icterus spurius | |
| 210 | Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | |
| 211 | Yellow-backed Oriole | Icterus chrysater | |
| 212 | Yellow-tailed Oriole | Icterus mesomelas | |
| 213 | Orange Oriole | Icterus auratus | |
| 214 | Altamira Oriole | Icterus gularis | |
| 215 | /Baltimore Oriole/ | Icterus galbula | |
| 216 | Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | |
| 217 | Melodious Blackbird | Dives dives | |
| 218 | Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | |
| 219 | /Yellow-breasted Chat/ | Icteria virens | |
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| 220 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| 221 | /Worm-eating Warbler/ | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
| 222 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| 223 | /Golden-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora chrysoptera | |
| 224 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia | |
| 225 | |Prothonotary Warbler| | Protonotaria citrea | |
| 226 | /Swainson's Warbler/ | Limnothlypis swainsonii | |
| 227 | Gray-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis poliocephala | |
| 228 | /Kentucky Warbler/ | Geothlypis formosa | |
| 229 | /Common Yellowthroat/ | Geothlypis trichas | |
| 230 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina | |
| 231 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| 232 | |Cerulean Warbler| | Setophaga cerulea | |
| 233 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana | |
| 234 | |Magnolia Warbler| | Setophaga magnolia | |
| 235 | |Blackburnian Warbler| | Setophaga fusca | |
| 236 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia | |
| 237 | /Chestnut-sided Warbler/ | Setophaga pensylvanica | |
| 238 | /Palm Warbler/ | Setophaga palmarum | |
| 239 | /Yellow-rumped Warbler/ | Setophaga coronata | |
| 240 | /Yellow-throated Warbler/ | Setophaga dominica | |
| 241 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens | |
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| 242 | Rose-throated Tanager | Piranga roseogularis | |
| 243 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra | |
| 244 | |Scarlet Tanager| | Piranga olivacea | |
| 245 | Red-throated Ant-Tanager | Habia fuscicauda | |
| 246 | Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | |
| 247 | /Rose-breasted Grosbeak/ | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| 248 | Gray-throated Chat | Granatellus sallaei | |
| 249 | Blue Bunting | Cyanocompsa parellina | |
| 250 | /Blue Grosbeak/ | Passerina caerulea | |
| 251 | /Indigo Bunting/ | Passerina cyanea | |
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| 252 | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
| 253 | Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | |
| 254 | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| 255 | Morelet's Seedeater | Sporophila morelleti | |
| 256 | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | |
| 257 | Black-headed Saltator | Saltator atriceps | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 55 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 9 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 8 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 0 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.