A Checklist of the Birds and Mammals of Micronesia

Wiles, G. J. (2005). "A Checklist of the Birds and Mammals of Micronesia" (PDF). Micronesica. 38 (1): 141–189. ISSN 0026-279 .

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Abstract: This paper lists a total of 279 bird and 44 mammal species from Micronesia through March 2005, with listings provided for nine island groups or islands, including Palau, Yap, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, the Marshall Islands, and Wake Atoll. The region's avifauna currently comprises 167 visiting species, 81 native breeding species, 13 introduced breeding species, four extinct species, one species extinct in the wild, and 13 hypothetical species. Its mammal fauna contains 18 visiting species, eight native breeding species, 14 introduced breeding species, two extinct species, and two hypothetical species. Species counts are highest for birds at Palau (148 species), the CNMI (144), and Guam (128), and for mammals at Guam (25), Palau (19), and the CNMI (19). These numbers reflect both the closer proximity of these islands to eastern Asia, New Guinea, and the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, and the greater number of observers present. Thirty-eight new bird species have been reported for Micronesia since the last region-wide checklist was published in 1985, whereas the mammal list is the first ever compiled for the region. Species entries in the checklist are annotated with information on status and a documenting reference that is often the first published record. Additional background information on occurrence or taxonomy is given for some species.

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