Table : TABLE SA2.1Biodiversity hotspots for birds, identified by three criteria

Source: Data from C.D. Orme et al., Global hotspots of species richness are not congruent with endemism or threat, Nature 436 (2005): 1016–1019.

RankTotal number of speciesNumber of endemic speciesNumber of threatened species
1AndesAndesAndes
2Amazon BasinNew Guinea and Bismarck ArchipelagoAmazon Basin
3Western Great Rift ValleyPanama and Costa Rica HighlandsGuiana Highlands
4Eastern Great Rift ValleyCaribbeanHimalayas
5HimalayasLesser Sunda IslandsAtlantic Coastal Forest, Brazil