Zoogeographic Regions of the World
(not including Antarctica)
![Whooping Cranes](../../../images/birds/whooper1.jpg)
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Whooping Cranes: Nearctic-Temperate Migrants
Pantropical=Southern latitudes excluding Australia and Antarctica; tropical regions of Neotropical + Ethiopian + Oriental
Holarctic=Northern latitudes; Nearctic + Palearctic
- Nearctic-Neotropical Migrants
- Intra-Neotropical Migrants
- Nearctic-Temperate Migrants
- Nearctic-Palearctic/Pantropical Migrants
Shaded areas are regions of overlap
![This flat map of the world depicts all the continents and how birds are grouped according to their geographic affinities and similarities.](../images/map.gif)
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