Puerto Rico (to USA)

Coastline	501 km
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)	223181 km²
Marine IBAs	8

Total	Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	3	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	2
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	1	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	21	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	1

IUCN Red List Status

Extinct	0
Extinct in the Wild	0
Globally Threatened	1 (171^st)
% threatened	3% (192^nd)
Critically Endangered	0
Endangered	0
Vulnerable	1
Near Threatened	0
Least Concern	38
Data Deficient	0

The numbers in brackets refer to the country's rank when compared to other countries and territories globally.

Puerto Rico (to USA) at a glance

Capital

San Juan

Area

13,790 km²

BirdLife Partner

Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc

Species
Total number of birds	238
Globally threatened birds	11
Country endemics	16
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
Number of IBAs	20
Total IBA area	197,176 ha
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	1

Recommended Citation
BirdLife International (2022) Country profile: Puerto Rico (to USA). Available from http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/puerto-rico. Checked: 2022-05-28

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