Bird conservation regions



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BIRD CONSERVATION REGIONS

North America


US shorebird planning regions indicated by heavy black lines

1 – Aleutian/Bering Sea Islands

2 – Western Alaska

3 – Arctic Plains and Mountains

4 – Northwestern Interior Forest

5 - Northwestern Pacific Rainforest

6 – Boreal Taiga Plains

7 – Taiga Shield and Hudson Plains

8 – Boreal Softwood Shield

9 – Great Basin

10 – Northern Rockies

11 – Prairie Potholes

12 – Boreal Hardwood Transition

13 – Lower Gt Lakes/St. Lawrence Plain

14 – Atlantic Northern Forest

15 – Sierra Nevada

16 – Southern Rockies/Colorado Plateau

17 – Badlands and Prairies

18 – Short Grass Prairie

19 – Central Mixed Grass Prairie

20 – Edwards Plateau

21 – Oaks and Prairies

22 – Eastern Tall Grass Prairie

23 – Prairie Hardwood Transition

24 – Central Hardwoods

25 – West Gulf Coastal Plain/Ouachitas

26 – Mississippi Alluvial Valley

27 – Southeastern Coastal Plain

28 – Appalachian Mountains

29 – Piedmont

30 – New England/Mid-Atlantic Coast

31 – Peninsular Florida

32 – Coastal California

33 – Sonoran and Mojave Deserts

34 – Sierra Madre Occidental

35 – Chihuahuan Desert

36 – Tamaulipan Brushlands

37 – Gulf Coastal Prairie

38 - Mexico



BIRD CONSERVATION REGIONS

Southern North America

US shorebird planning regions indicated by heavy black lines (see next page).

3 – Arctic Plains and Mountains

4 – Northwestern Interior Forest

5 - Northwestern Pacific Rainforest

6 – Boreal Taiga Plains

7 – Taiga Shield and Hudson Plains

8 – Boreal Softwood Shield

9 – Great Basin

10 – Northern Rockies

11 – Prairie Potholes

12 – Boreal Hardwood Transition

13 – Lower Gt Lakes/St. Lawrence Plain

14 – Atlantic Northern Forest

15 – Sierra Nevada

16 – Southern Rockies/Colorado Plateau

17 – Badlands and Prairies

18 – Short Grass Prairie

19 – Central Mixed Grass Prairie

20 – Edwards Plateau

21 – Oaks and Prairies

22 – Eastern Tall Grass Prairie

23 – Prairie Hardwood Transition

24 – Central Hardwoods

25 – West Gulf Coastal Plain/Ouachitas

26 – Mississippi Alluvial Valley

27 – Southeastern Coastal Plain

28 – Appalachian Mountains

29 – Piedmont

30 – New England/Mid-Atlantic Coast

31 – Peninsular Florida

32 – Coastal California

33 – Sonoran and Mojave Deserts

34 – Sierra Madre Occidental

35 – Chihuahuan Desert

36 – Tamaulipan Brushlands

37 – Gulf Coastal Prairie

38 – Mexico





BCR Numbers and Names in each Shorebird Planning Region (in bold)


Alaska

1 - Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands

2 – Western Alaska

3 – Arctic Plains and Mountains

4 – Northwestern Interior Forest

5 – Northwestern Pacific Rainforest (Alaska)


Northern Pacific

5 – Northwestern Pacific Rainforest (Alaska)


Southern Pacific

15 – Sierra Nevada

32 – Coastal California
Hawaii

Not numbered - Hawaii


Intermountain West

9 – Great Basin

10 – Northern Rockies

16 – Southern Rockies/Colorado Plateau

33 – Sonoran and Mojave Deserts

34 – Sierra Madre Occidental

35 – Chihuahuan Desert
Northern Plains

11 – Prairie Potholes

17 – Badlands and Prairies
Central Plains/Playa Lakes

18 – Short Grass Prairie

19 – Central Mixed Grass Prairie

21 – Oaks and Prairies

20 – Edwards Plateau

36 – Tamaulipan Brushlands


Upper Miss./Great Lakes

12 – Boreal Hardwood Transition

13 – Lower Gt Lakes/St. Lawrence Plain

22 – Eastern Tall Grass Prairie

23 – Prairie Hardwood Transition

24 – Central Hardwoods


Lower Miss./Western Gulf Coast

25 – West Gulf Coastal Plain/Ouachitas

26 – Mississippi Alluvial Valley

37 – Gulf Coastal Prairie


Northern Atlantic

14 – Atlantic Northern Forest

30 – New England/Mid-Atlantic Coast
Appalachian Mountains

28 – Appalachian Mountains


Southeastern Coastal Plain - Caribbean

27 – Southeastern Coastal Plain

29 – Piedmont

31 – Peninsular Florida

Not numbered - Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands
BCR's entirely within Canada or Mexico

6 – Boreal Taiga Plains

7 – Taiga Shield and Hudson Plains

8 – Boreal Softwood Shield



38 – Mexico (additional BCR's to be defined)




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