Mangrove ecoregion in the Greater Antilles islands
American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding in a saltwater lagoon surrounded by a mangrove forest in Cuba.
Ecoregion territory (in red)
Ecology
Realm
Neotropical
Biome
mangroves
Borders
List
Cayman Islands dry forests
Cuban cactus scrub
Cuban dry forests
Cuban moist forests
Cuban pine forests
Cuban wetlands
Hispaniolan dry forests
Hispaniolan moist forests
Jamaican dry forests
Jamaican moist forests
Puerto Rican dry forests
Puerto Rican moist forests
Geography
Area
10,600 km2 (4,100 sq mi)
Countries
List
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
United States (Puerto Rico)
Conservation
Conservation status
Critical/endangered[1]
Protected
30.5%(2007)[2]
The Greater Antilles mangroves is a mangrove ecoregion that includes the coastal mangrove forests of the Greater Antilles – Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.[1]
^ ab"Greater Antilles mangroves". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
^Hoekstra JM, Molnar JL, Jennings M, Revenga C, Spalding MD, Boucher TM, Robertson JC, Heibel TJ, Ellison K (2010) The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference (ed. Molnar JL). Berkeley: University of California Press.
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