This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the World's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds.
This article covers eastern North America, i.e. the regions of the United States and Canada which lie east of the Rocky Mountains.
There are no families endemic to this region, although a high proportion of the species in the following families are endemics or near-endemics:
the New World warblers, Parulidae
Most bird species which are endemic to this region have ranges which are too large to qualify for Birdlife International's restricted-range endemic status; consequently, this region has no Endemic Bird Areas defined. However, there are two secondary areas, namely:
Michigan Jack pine savanna (code s003), the breeding grounds of Kirtland's warbler.
The Edwards Plateau (code s004), the breeding grounds of golden-cheeked warbler (and also an important area for black-capped vireo).
The following is a list of species endemic to this region:
American black duck
Lesser prairie-chicken
Greater prairie-chicken
Gunnison sage-grouse
King rail
Whooping crane
American woodcock
Red-cockaded woodpecker
Red-headed woodpecker
Red-bellied woodpecker
Florida scrub-jay
Fish crow
Tufted titmouse
Carolina chickadee
Brown-headed nuthatch
Winter wren
Brown thrasher
Eastern towhee
Bachman's sparrow
Saltmarsh sparrow
Seaside sparrow
Boat-tailed grackle
The following are endemic as Canadian only:
Newfoundland crossbill
Remaining passerines to be added
In addition, the following are endemic as breeding species:
Mississippi kite
Broad-winged hawk
Piping plover
Mountain plover
Marbled godwit
Black-billed cuckoo
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern whip-poor-will
Chimney swift
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Eastern wood pewee
Acadian flycatcher
Eastern phoebe
Great crested flycatcher
White-eyed vireo
Yellow-throated vireo
Blue-headed vireo
Philadelphia vireo
Bicknell's thrush
Wood thrush
Blue-winged warbler
Golden-winged warbler
Northern parula
Chestnut-sided warbler
Black-throated blue warbler
Black-throated green warbler
Golden-cheeked warbler
Blackburnian warbler
Cerulean warbler
Yellow-throated warbler
Kirtland's warbler
Prairie warbler
Black-and-white warbler
Worm-eating warbler
Swainson's warbler
Prothonotary warbler
Louisiana waterthrush
Mourning warbler
Connecticut warbler
Kentucky warbler
Canada warbler
Hooded warbler
Field sparrow
Henslow's sparrow
Scarlet tanager
Dickcissel
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Baltimore oriole
Remaining passerines to be added
The following species are near-endemic:
Yellow rail
Eastern screech-owl
List of passerines to be added
