List of Neotropic ecoregions by bioregion

List of Neotropic ecoregions by bioregion

=Amazonia bioregion=

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

*Caqueta moist forests (Brazil, Colombia)
*Guianan moist forests (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
*Gurupa varzea (Brazil)
*Iquitos varzea (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru)
*Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela)
*Juruá-Purus moist forests (Brazil)
*Madeira-Tapajós moist forests (Bolivia, Brazil)
*Marajó varzea (Brazil)
*Maranhão Babaçu forests (Brazil)
*Mato Grosso tropical dry forests (Brazil)
*Monte Alegre varzea (Brazil)
*Napo Moist Forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
*Negro-Branco moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela)
*Paramaribo swamp forests (Guyana, Suriname)
*Purus varzea (Brazil)
*Purus-Madeira moist forests (Brazil)
*Rio Negro campinarana (Brazil, Colombia)
*Solimões-Japurá moist forest (Brazil, Colombia, Peru)
*Southwest Amazon moist forests (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru)
*Tapajós-Xingu moist forests (Brazil)
*Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests (Brazil)
*Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests (Brazil, Guyana, Suriname)
*Ucayali moist forests (Peru)
*Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests (Brazil)

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

*Chiquitano dry forests (Bolivia, Brazil)

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

*Beni savanna (Bolivia Brazil, Peru)
*Guyanan savanna (Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela)

Caribbean bioregion

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

*Cuban moist forests (Cuba)
*Hispaniolan moist forests (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
*Jamaican moist forests (Jamaica)
*Leeward Islands moist forests (Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Nevis, Saint Kitts)
*Puerto Rican moist forests (Puerto Rico)
*Windward Islands moist forests (Dominica, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

*Bahamian dry forests (Bahamas)
*Cayman Islands dry forests (Cayman Islands)
*Cuban dry forests (Cuba)
*Hispaniolan dry forests (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
*Jamaican dry forests (Jamaica)
*Leeward Islands dry forests (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles)
*Puerto Rican dry forests (Puerto Rico)
*Windward Islands dry forests (Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

*Bahamian pine forests (Bahamas)
*Cuban pine forests (Cuba)
*Hispaniolan pine forests (Dominican Republic, Haiti)

Flooded grasslands and savannas

*Cuban wetlands (Cuba)
*Enriquillo wetlands (Dominican Republic, Haiti)

Deserts and xeric shrublands

*Cayman Islands xeric scrub (Cayman Islands)
*Cuban cactus scrub (Cuba)
*Leeward Islands xeric scrub (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin,Saint Barthelemy, Saba, US Virgin Islands)
*Windward Islands xeric scrub (Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Central America bioregion

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

*Cocos Island moist forests (Costa Rica)
*Costa Rican seasonal moist forests (Costa Rica, Nicaragua)
*Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama)
*Isthmian-Pacific moist forests (Costa Rica, Panama)
*Oaxacan montane forests (Mexico)
*Pantanos de Centla (Mexico)
*Petén-Veracruz moist forests (Mexico)
*Sierra de los Tuxtlas (Mexico)
*Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forest (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico)
*Talamancan montane forests (Costa Rica, Panama)
*Veracruz moist forest (Mexico)
*Veracruz montane forests (Mexico)
*Yucatán moist forests (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico)

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

*Bajío dry forests (Mexico)
*Balsas dry forests (Mexico)
*Central American dry forests (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua)
*Chiapas Depression dry forests (Guatemala, Mexico)
*Jalisco dry forests (Mexico)
*Panamanian dry forests (Panama)
*Revillagigedo Islands dry forests (Mexico)
*Sierra de la Laguna dry forests (Mexico)
*Sinaloan dry forests (Mexico)
*Southern Pacific dry forests (Mexico)
*Veracruz dry forests (Mexico)
*Yucatán dry forests (Mexico)

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

*Belizian pine forests (Belize)
*Central American pine-oak forests (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua)
*Miskito pine forests (Honduras, Nicaragua)
*Sierra de la Laguna pine-oak forests (Mexico)
*Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests (Mexico)
*Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests (Mexico)
*Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests (Mexico)

Flooded grasslands and savannas

*Central Mexican wetlands (Mexico)

Montane grasslands and shrublands

*Talamancan páramo (Costa Rica, Panama)
*Zacatonal (Mexico)

Deserts and xeric shrublands

*Motagua Valley thornscrub (Guatemala)
*San Lucan xeric scrub (Mexico)
*Tehuacán Valley matorral (Mexico)

Central Andes

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

*Bolivian Yungas (Bolivia, Peru)
*Peruvian Yungas (Peru)
*Southern Andean Yungas (Argentina, Bolivia)

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

*Bolivian montane dry forests (Bolivia)

Montane grasslands and shrublands

*Central Andean dry puna (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile)
*Central Andean puna (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru)
*Central Andean wet puna (Bolivia, Peru)
*Cordillera Central páramo (Ecuador, Peru)

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub

*Chilean Matorral (Chile)

Deserts and xeric shrublands

*Atacama desert (Chile, Peru)
*Sechura desert (Peru)

Eastern South America

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

*Araucaria moist forests (Argentina, Brazil)
*Atlantic Coast restingas (Brazil)
*Bahia coastal forests (Brazil)
*Bahia interior forests (Brazil)
*Caatinga enclaves moist forests (Brazil)
*Fernando de Noronha-Atol das Rocas moist forests (Brazil)
*Northeastern Brazil restingas (Brazil)
*Parañá-Paraíba interior forests (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
*Pernambuco coastal forests (Brazil)
*Pernambuco interior forests (Brazil)
*Serra do Mar coastal forests (Brazil)
*Trinidade-Martin Vaz Islands tropical forests (Brazil)

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

*Atlantic dry forests (Brazil)
*Chaco (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay)

Flooded grasslands and savannas

*Pantanal (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
*Paraná flooded savanna (Argentina)
*Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna (Argentina)

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

*Arid Chaco (Argentina)
*Campos Rupestres montane savanna (Brazil)
*Cerrado (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
*Córdoba montane savanna (Argentina)
*Humid Chaco (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)

Deserts and xeric shrublands

*Caatinga (Brazil)
*Saint Peter and Saint Paul rocks (Brazil)

Northern Andes

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

*Catatumbo moist forests (Venezuela)
*Cauca Valley montane forests (Colombia)
*Chocó-Darién Moist Forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Panama)
*Cordillera Oriental montane forests (Colombia, Venezuela)
*Eastern Panamanian montane forests (Colombia, Panama)
*Eastern Cordillera real montane forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
*Magdalena Valley montane forests (Colombia)
*Magdalena-Urabá moist forests (Colombia)
*Northwestern Andean montane forests (Colombia, Ecuador)
*Santa Marta montane forests (Colombia)
*Venezuelan Andes montane forests (Colombia, Venezuela)
*Western Ecuador moist forests (Colombia, Ecuador)

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

*Apure-Villavicencio dry forests (Venezuela)
*Cauca Valley dry forests (Colombia)
*Ecuadorian dry forests (Ecuador)
*Lara-Falcón dry forests (Venezuela)
*Magdalena Valley dry forests (Colombia)
*Maracaibo dry forests (Venezuela)
*Marañón dry forests (Peru)
*Patía Valley dry forests (Colombia)
*Sinu Valley dry forests (Colombia)
*Tumbes-Piura dry forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)

Flooded grasslands and savannas

*Guayaquil flooded grasslands (Ecuador)

Montane grasslands and shrublands

*Cordillera de Merida páramo (Venezuela)
*Northern Andean páramo (Colombia, Ecuador)
*Santa Marta páramo (Colombia)

Deserts and xeric shrublands

*Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub (Colombia, Venezuela)
*Malpelo Island xeric scrub (Colombia)
*Paraguana xeric scrub (Venezuela)

Orinoco bioregion

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

*Cordillera La Costa montane forests (Venezuela)
*Guayanan highlands forests (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
*Orinoco Delta swamp forests (Guyana, Venezuela)
*Tepuis (Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
*Trinidad and Tobago moist forests (Trinidad and Tobago)

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

*Trinidad and Tobago dry forests (Trinidad and Tobago)

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

*Llanos (Colombia, Venezuela)

Flooded grasslands and savannas

*Orinoco wetlands (Venezuela)

Deserts and xeric shrublands

*Araya and Paria xeric scrub (Venezuela)
*Aruba-Curaçao-Bonaire cactus scrub (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao)
*La Costa xeric shrublands (Venezuela)

Southern South America

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

*Juan Fernandez Islands temperate forests (Chile)
*Magellanic subpolar forests (Argentina, Chile)
*San Felix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests (Desventuradas Islands) (Chile)
*Valdivian temperate rain forests (Argentina, Chile)

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

*Uruguayan savanna (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

*Argentine Espinal (Argentina)
*Argentine Monte (Argentina)
*Humid Pampa (Argentina)
*Patagonian grasslands (Argentina, Chile)
*Patagonian steppe (Argentina, Chile)
*Semi-arid Pampa (Argentina)

South Florida

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

*South Florida rocklands (United States)

Flooded grasslands and savannas

*Everglades (United States)

Mangrove

Tropical Atlantic

Gulf of Mexico

*Alvarado mangroves (Mexico)
*Usumacinta mangroves (Mexico)

Yucatan

*Belizean Coast mangroves (Belize)
*Belizean Reef mangroves (Belize)
*Petenes mangroves (Mexico)
*Ría Lagartos mangroves (Mexico)
*Mayan Corridor mangroves (Mexico)

Atlantic Central America

*Bocas del Toro-San Bastimentos Island-San Blas mangroves (Costa Rica, Panama)
*Mosquitia-Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua)
*Northern Honduras mangroves (Guatemala, Honduras)
*Rio Negro-Rio San Sun mangroves (Costa Rica, Nicaragua)

West Indies

*Bahamian mangroves (Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands)
*Greater Antilles mangroves (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico)
*Lesser Antilles mangroves (Lesser Antilles)

Continental Caribbean

*Coastal Venezuelan mangroves (Venezuela)
*Magdalena-Santa Marta mangroves (Colombia)

Amazon-Orinoco-Maranhao

*Amapá mangroves (Brazil)
*Guianan mangroves (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
*Ilha Grande mangroves (Brazil)
*Maranhão mangroves (Brazil)
*Pará mangroves (Brazil)
*Rio Piranhas mangroves (Brazil)
*Trinidad mangroves (Trinidad and Tobago)

Northeast Brazil

*Bahia mangroves (Brazil)
*Rio Piranhas mangroves (Brazil)
*Rio São Francisco mangroves (Brazil)

outheast Brazil

*Ilha Grande mangroves (Brazil)

Tropical Eastern Pacific

ea of Cortez

*Marismas Nacionales-San Blas mangroves (Mexico)

outhern Mexico

*Mexican South Pacific Coast mangroves (Mexico)

Pacific Central America

*Gulf of Fonseca mangroves (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua)
*Moist Pacific Coast mangroves (Costa Rica, Panama)
*Northern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves (El Salvador, Guatemala)
*Southern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves (Costa Rica, Nicaragua)
*Tehuantepec-El Manchon mangroves (Mexico)

Pacific South America

*Esmeraldes-Pacific Colombia mangroves (Colombia, Ecuador)
*Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves (Ecuador, Peru)
*Gulf of Panama mangroves (Panama)
*Manabí mangroves (Ecuador)
*Piura mangroves (Peru)

Galapagos

*Galapagos mangroves (Ecuador)

References

* Dinerstein, Eric; David Olson; Douglas J. Graham; et al. (1995). "A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean." World Bank, Washington DC.


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