The island of St. Helena is the tip of an extinct volcano in the southern Atlantic Ocean, reaching 818 m asl at Diana's Peak. The coasts are mostly cliffs. The island is more than 2000 km away from the nearest mainland. Due to this extreme isolation, many endemic creatures have evolved, including a plover (the "wirebird"), which has become the national symbol of St. Helena. The island has been modified over the centuries by many introduced animals and plants. Today much of the surface is deforested. Nevertheless, the first national park could be set up at Diana's Peak. UNESCO lists St. Helena as a candidate for World Heritage status.
St. Helena is located in the Atlantic Ocean. Legally St. Helena belongs to United Kingdom. Because of the number of bird species with restricted range occurring in this area, BirdLife International assigned it a Secondary Endemic Bird Area (EBA-S).
This E-book bird guide for "St. Helena" has been built at 05.06.2024, based upon our data base and our image archive using our default settings, and saved in two formates.
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Cover image St. Helena Plover, Drawing: J.G.Keulemans
Primary language English, secondary languages German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.
All 75 species are illustrated. In addition, links to HD videos of 31 bird species (22m 15s) and audios of 11 bird species (6m 4s) are included. The assessment of the global conservation status of bird species uses the criteria of the Red List (IUCN) 2012.
The scientific system follows Clements et al. 2017.
An index, name registers in all selected languages and a scientific name register, all completely linked.
PDF E-book in page-based format A5: 39 pages, 5.369 MiB.
ePub E-book in flowable format for all devices with ePub reader: 4.256 MiB.
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