Tropical Birding's Habitats of the World
'A Supplementary Website for Princeton's Habitats of the World: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists and Ecologists'
Habitats by Biome

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Confier Forests & Woodland
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Australasia
Neotropics
Valdivian Rainforest & Neotropic Mixed Conifer Forest
Indo-Malaya
Palearctic
Eurasian Montane Conifer Forest
Mediterranean & Dry Coniferous Forest
Nearctic
Nearctic Montane Spruce Fir Forest








Deserts and Arid Lands
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Australasia
Chenopod and Samphire Shrubland
Neotropics
Indo-Malaya
Afrotropics
Palearctic
Palearctic Semi-desert Thornscrub
Nearctic
Temperate Deciduous Forests
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Australasia
Neotropics
Palearctic
East Asian Temperate Bamboo Forest
European Temperate Deciduous Forest
East Asian Temperate Deciduous Forest
Nearctic
Nearctic Temperate Deciduous Forest




Humid Evergreen Forests
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Australasia
Australasian Lowland Rainforest
Subtropical and Montane Rainforest
Australasian Temperate Rainforest
Neotropics
Neotropical Lowland Rainforest
Neotropical Semi-Evergreen Forest
Indo-Malaya
Indo-Malayan Tropical Lowland Rainforest
Indo-Malayan Semi-Evergreen Forest
Indo-Malayan Tropical Montane Rainforest
Indo-Malayan Subtropical Broadleaf Forest
Afrotropics
Afrotropical Lowland Rainforest
Nearctic




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Tropical Deciduous Forests
Australasia
Australasian Tropical Semi-evergreen Forest
Australiasian Monsoon Vine Forest
Australasian Sandstone Escarpment
Neotropics
Neotropical Dry Deciduous Forest
Indo-Malaya
Indo-Malayan Moist Deciduous Forest
Indo-Malayan Dry Deciduous Forest
Afrotropics
Nearctic




Savanna Woodlands
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Australasia
Brigalow and Callitris Woodland
Neotropics
Indo-Malaya
Afrotropics
Afrotropical Dry Thorn Savanna and Thornscrub
Afrotropical Moist Mixed Savanna
Inselbergs, Koppies and Cliffs
Palearctic
Palearctic Sub-tropical Savanna
Nearctic




Grasslands
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Australasia
Neotropics
Neotropical Flooded Grasslands and Wetlands
Indo-Malaya
Indo-Malayan Seasonally Flooded Grassland
Indo-Malayan Montane Grasslands
Afrotropics
Afrotropical Tropical Grassland
Afrotropical Montane Grassland
Palearctic
Nearctic




Mediterranean Heathlands
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Australasia
Australasian Lowland Heathland
Neotropics
Matorral Sclerophyll Forest and Scrub
Afrotropics
Palearctic
European Heathland and Moorland
Nearctic







Tundra
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Palearctic
Eurasian Alpine Tundra and Himalayan Montane Desert
Nearctic
Nearctic Alpine Tundra
Antarctica

Freshwater Wetlands
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Australasia
Australasian Temperate Wetland
Neotropics
Igapó and Várzea Flooded Forest
Indo-Malaya
Indo-Malayan Freshwater Swamp Forest
Indo-Malayan Freshwater Wetlands
Afrotropics
Afrotropical Freshwater Wetlands
Palearctic
Nearctic


Sclerophyll Forests and Woodlands
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Australasia




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Saline Habitats
Australasia
Australasian Rocky Coastline and Beach
Neotropics
Neotropical Rocky Coastline and Beach
Neotropical and Antarctic Pelagic Waters
Indo-Malaya
Indo-Malayan Tidal Mudflat, Saltmarsh and Salt Pan
Indo-Malayan Rocky Coastline and Beach
Afrotropics
Afrotropical Tidal Mudflat and Saltmarsh
Afrotropical Rocky Coastline and Beach
Palearctic
Palearctic Rocky Coastline and Beach
Nearctic
Nearctic Rocky Coastline and Beach
Antarctica


Polar Desert
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Antarctica
Antarctic Polar Desert
Palearctic
Nearctic
Nearctic Polar Desert



Anthropogenic Habitats
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Australasia
Australasian Large Scale Farming
Neotropics
Indo-Malaya
Indo-Malayan Cities and Villages
Afrotropics
Afrotropical City and Villages
Palearctic
Nearctic