Central Polynesian tropical moist forests

Central Polynesian tropical moist forests
black noddies (Anous minutus) and fairy terns (Gygis alba) nesting in the crowns of pisonia trees (Pisonia grandis) on Pig Islet, Caroline Atoll, Kiribati.
Location of the Central Polynesian tropical moist forests
Ecology
RealmOceanian
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Geography
Area616 km2 (238 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered[1]
Global 200South Pacific Islands forests
Protected83%[2]

The Central Polynesian tropical moist forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in Polynesia. It includes the northern group of the Cook Islands, the Line Islands in Kiribati, and Johnston Atoll, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef which are possessions of the United States.

  1. ^ "Central Polynesian tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  2. ^ Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; et al. (June 2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Supplemental material 2 table S1b.