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From: herrera@tegra.COM (Valentino Herrera)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: US Endemic Bird Species (Quiz)
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Date: 10 Sep 90 15:13:28 GMT
References: <34605@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Reply-To: herrera@batman.UUCP (Valentino Herrera)
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In article <34605@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu (David Mark) writes:
>Strictly speaking, an "endemic" species is one that has been observed
>no where else.  The USA has quite a few endemics living in Hawaii.  But
>what about the other 49 states? How many species of birds have ONLY 
>been observed in the 48 'contiguous' states plus Alaska?  Can you
>name them?  Even one accidental occurrence in Canada or in Mexico would
>disqualify a candidate. (I know of only 3 certain endemics, plus two others
>that I'm not sure about.)

The Heath Hen WAS endemic to several islands off the coast of
Massachusetts. Until we hunted it to extinction. Shame.




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