Zoogeographic Regions of the World

(not including Antarctica)


Whooping Cranes

© TPWD

Whooping Cranes

© TPWD


Whooping Cranes: Nearctic-Temperate Migrants



Pantropical=Southern latitudes excluding Australia and Antarctica; tropical regions of Neotropical + Ethiopian + Oriental

Holarctic=Northern latitudes; Nearctic + Palearctic

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.

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