The volcanic island of Ascension lies isolated in the middle of the tropical Atlantic, but is inhabited. It reaches a height of 859m above sea level on Green Mountain (The Peak). The climate is hot and desert-like. For various reasons, more than 200 animal species have been introduced over time, which have caused the extinction of most native plant species and have also prevented native bird species from breeding. In 2005, Green Mountain National Park was opened on reforested land. A year later, Ascension was declared free of feral cats, and since then many seabirds have been breeding on the island again. The Ascension Frigatebird even breeds world-wide exclusively on Ascension and its offshore islets.
Ascension Island is located in the Atlantic Ocean. Legally Ascension Island belongs to United Kingdom.
This E-book bird guide for "Ascension Island" 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 Ascension Frigatebird, Photo: Drew Avery
Primary language English, secondary languages German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.
All 109 species are illustrated. In addition, links to HD videos of 55 bird species (43m 31s) and audios of 28 bird species (19m 32s) 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: 54 pages, 7.997 MiB.
ePub E-book in flowable format for all devices with ePub reader: 6.439 MiB.
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