Greater Antilles mangroves

	American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding in a saltwater lagoon surrounded by a mangrove forest in Cuba.
	Ecoregion territory (in red)
Ecology
Realm	Neotropical
Biome	mangroves
Borders	List Cayman Islands dry forests; Cuban cactus scrub; Cuban dry forests; Cuban moist forests; Cuban pine forests; Cuban wetlands; Hispaniolan dry forests; Hispaniolan moist forests; Jamaican dry forests; Jamaican moist forests; Puerto Rican dry forests; Puerto Rican moist forests;
Geography
Area	10,600 km2 (4,100 sq mi)
Countries	List Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; United States ( Puerto Rico);
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/endangered
Protected	30.5%(2007)

The Greater Antilles mangroves is a mangrove ecoregion that includes the coastal mangrove forests of the Greater Antilles – Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.

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