Bird Conservation Regions

Learn About Bird Conservation Regions

Birds do not abide by political boundaries. The divisions between states and countries mean less to birds than the differences between habitats, landscapes and resources. To that end NABCI has redrawn the map of North America as it applies to coordinated bird conservation needs. To find out more about these Bird Conservation Regions and obtain detailed information on regions within the United States, click on the map below.

What is a Bird Conservation Region (BCR)?

BCRs are regions that encompass landscapes having similar bird communities, habitats, and resource issues. They are the fundamental biological units through which NABCI will deliver landscape-scale bird conservation, including evaluation, planning, and in many instances, implementation. 67 Bird Conservation Regions have been identified, 35 entirely or partially in the United States, 3 strictly in Canada and 29 strictly in Mexico.

Click on a BCR to learn more about that region and the Important Bird Areas that it contains.

Hawaii

Aleutian/Bering Sea Island Western Alaska Northern Pacific Rainforest Northwestern Interior Forest Arctic Plains

Please note this only includes BCRs within the United States. Click here for an alphabetical list.

Mississippi Alluvial Valley West Gulf Coastal Plain/Ouachitas Gulf Coastal Prairie Peninsular Florida Oaks and Prairies Southeastern Coastal Plain Central Mixed-Grass Prairie Edwards Plateau Chihuahuan Desert Central Hardwoods Shortgrass Prairie Tamaulipan Brushlands Northern Rockies Northern Pacific Rainforest Prairie Potholes Southern Rockies Great Basin Badlands and Prairies California Eastern Tallgrass Prairie Lower Great Lakes Atlantic Northern Forest Appalachian Mountains Piedmont New England Prairie Hardwood Transition Sonoran and Mojave Deserts Boreal Hardwood Transition Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Nevada