List of Neotropic ecoregions by bioregion
Amazonia bioregion
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Caqueta moist forests (Brazil, Colombia)
- Guianan moist forests (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
- Guianan piedmont and lowland moist forests (Brazil, Venezuela)
- Gurupa várzea (Brazil)
- Iquitos várzea (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru)
- Japurá-Solimões-Negro moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela)
- Juruá-Purus moist forests (Brazil)
- Madeira-Tapajós moist forests (Bolivia, Brazil)
- Marajó várzea (Brazil)
- Maranhão Babaçu forests (Brazil)
- Mato Grosso tropical dry forests (Brazil)
- Monte Alegre várzea (Brazil)
- Napo moist forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
- Negro-Branco moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela)
- Paramaribo swamp forests (Guyana, Suriname)
- Purus várzea (Brazil)
- Purus-Madeira moist forests (Brazil)
- Rio Negro campinarana (Brazil, Colombia)
- Solimões-Japurá moist forest (Brazil, Colombia, Peru)
- Southwest Amazon moist forests (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru)
- Tapajós-Xingu moist forests (Brazil)
- Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests (Brazil)
- Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests (Brazil, Guyana, Suriname)
- Ucayali moist forests (Peru)
- Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests (Brazil)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Chiquitano dry forests (Bolivia, Brazil)
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Beni savanna (Bolivia Brazil, Peru)
- Guianan savanna (Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela)
Caribbean bioregion
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Cuban moist forests (Cuba)
- Hispaniolan moist forests (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
- Jamaican moist forests (Jamaica)
- Leeward Islands moist forests (Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Nevis, Saint Kitts)
- Puerto Rican moist forests (Puerto Rico)
- Windward Islands moist forests (Dominica, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Bahamian dry forests (The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands)
- Cayman Islands dry forests (Cayman Islands)
- Cuban dry forests (Cuba)
- Hispaniolan dry forests (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
- Jamaican dry forests (Jamaica)
- Leeward Islands dry forests (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles)
- Puerto Rican dry forests (Puerto Rico)
- Windward Islands dry forests (Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Cuban wetlands (Cuba)
- Enriquillo wetlands (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Cayman Islands xeric scrub (Cayman Islands)
- Cuban cactus scrub (Cuba)
- Leeward Islands xeric scrub (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Saint Barthelemy, Saba, US Virgin Islands)
- Windward Islands xeric scrub (Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Central America bioregion
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Cocos Island moist forests (Costa Rica)
- Costa Rican seasonal moist forests (Costa Rica, Nicaragua)
- Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama)
- Isthmian-Pacific moist forests (Costa Rica, Panama)
- Oaxacan montane forests (Mexico)
- Pantanos de Centla (Mexico)
- Petén-Veracruz moist forests (Mexico)
- Sierra de los Tuxtlas (Mexico)
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forest (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico)
- Talamancan montane forests (Costa Rica, Panama)
- Veracruz moist forests (Mexico)
- Veracruz montane forests (Mexico)
- Yucatán moist forests (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Bajío dry forests (Mexico)
- Balsas dry forests (Mexico)
- Central American dry forests (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua)
- Chiapas Depression dry forests (Guatemala, Mexico)
- Jalisco dry forests (Mexico)
- Panamanian dry forests (Panama)
- Revillagigedo Islands dry forests (Mexico)
- Sierra de la Laguna dry forests (Mexico)
- Sinaloan dry forests (Mexico)
- Southern Pacific dry forests (Mexico)
- Veracruz dry forests (Mexico)
- Yucatán dry forests (Mexico)
Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
- Belizean pine forests (Belize)
- Central American pine-oak forests (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua)
- Miskito pine forests (Honduras, Nicaragua)
- Sierra de la Laguna pine-oak forests (Mexico)
- Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests (Mexico)
- Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests (Mexico)
- Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests (Mexico)
Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Central Mexican wetlands (Mexico)
Montane grasslands and shrublands
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Central Andes
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Montane grasslands and shrublands
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Eastern South America
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Araucaria moist forests (Argentina, Brazil)
- Atlantic Coast restingas (Brazil)
- Bahia coastal forests (Brazil)
- Bahia interior forests (Brazil)
- Caatinga enclaves moist forests (Brazil)
- Fernando de Noronha-Atol das Rocas moist forests (Brazil)
- Northeastern Brazil restingas (Brazil)
- Parañá-Paraíba interior forests (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
- Pernambuco coastal forests (Brazil)
- Pernambuco interior forests (Brazil)
- Serra do Mar coastal forests (Brazil)
- Trinidade-Martin Vaz Islands tropical forests (Brazil)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Atlantic dry forests (Brazil)
- Chaco (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay)
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Arid Chaco (Argentina)
- Campos rupestres (Brazil)
- Cerrado (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
- Córdoba montane savanna (Argentina)
- Humid Chaco (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Caatinga (Brazil)
- Saint Peter and Saint Paul rocks (Brazil)
Northern Andes
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Catatumbo moist forests (Venezuela)
- Cauca Valley montane forests (Colombia)
- Chocó-Darién moist forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Panama)
- Cordillera Oriental montane forests (Colombia, Venezuela)
- Eastern Panamanian montane forests (Colombia, Panama)
- Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
- Magdalena Valley montane forests (Colombia)
- Magdalena-Urabá moist forests (Colombia)
- Northwestern Andean montane forests (Colombia, Ecuador)
- Santa Marta montane forests (Colombia)
- Cordillera de la Costa montane forests (Colombia, Venezuela)
- Western Ecuador moist forests (Colombia, Ecuador)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Apure-Villavicencio dry forests (Venezuela)
- Cauca Valley dry forests (Colombia)
- Ecuadorian dry forests (Ecuador)
- Lara-Falcón dry forests (Venezuela)
- Magdalena Valley dry forests (Colombia)
- Maracaibo dry forests (Venezuela)
- Marañón dry forests (Peru)
- Patía Valley dry forests (Colombia)
- Sinú Valley dry forests (Colombia)
- Tumbes-Piura dry forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Montane grasslands and shrublands
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Orinoco bioregion
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Cordillera La Costa montane forests (Venezuela)
- Guayanan Highlands moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
- Orinoco Delta swamp forests (Guyana, Venezuela)
- Tepuis (Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
- Trinidad and Tobago moist forests (Trinidad and Tobago)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Araya and Paria xeric scrub (Venezuela)
- Aruba-Curaçao-Bonaire cactus scrub (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao)
- La Costa xeric shrublands (Venezuela)
Southern South America
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Uruguayan savanna (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
South Florida
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- South Florida rocklands (United States)
Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Everglades (United States)
Mangrove
Tropical Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatán Peninsula
Atlantic Central America
- Bocas del Toro-San Bastimentos Island-San Blas mangroves (Costa Rica, Panama)
- Mosquitia-Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua)
- Northern Honduras mangroves (Guatemala, Honduras)
- Rio Negro-Rio San Sun mangroves (Costa Rica, Nicaragua)
West Indies
- Bahamian mangroves (Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands)
- Greater Antilles mangroves (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico)
- Lesser Antilles mangroves (Lesser Antilles)
Continental Caribbean
Amazon-Orinoco-Maranhao
- Amapá mangroves (Brazil)
- Guianan mangroves (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
- Ilha Grande mangroves (Brazil)
- Maranhão mangroves (Brazil)
- Pará mangroves (Brazil)
- Rio Piranhas mangroves (Brazil)
- Trinidad mangroves (Trinidad and Tobago)
Northeast Brazil
- Bahia mangroves (Brazil)
- Rio Piranhas mangroves (Brazil)
- Rio São Francisco mangroves (Brazil)
Southeast Brazil
- Ilha Grande mangroves (Brazil)
Tropical Eastern Pacific
Sea of Cortez
Southern Mexico
- Mexican South Pacific Coast mangroves (Mexico)
Pacific Central America
- Gulf of Fonseca mangroves (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua)
- Moist Pacific Coast mangroves (Costa Rica, Panama)
- Northern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves (El Salvador, Guatemala)
- Southern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves (Costa Rica, Nicaragua)
- Tehuantepec-El Manchon mangroves (Mexico)
Pacific South America
Galápagos Islands
- Galápagos mangroves (Ecuador)
References
- Dinerstein, Eric; David Olson; Douglas J. Graham; et al. (1995). A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, Washington, D.C..
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