Snakes in Camiguin Island

07/02/2026

🐠 Did you know?

• Parrotfish help create white sand beaches by breaking down coral into sand particles 🌊
• At night, parrotfish sleep inside a transparent mucus cocoon that hides their scent from predators, keeping them safe

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Basically yang tatlo ang paborito ko ituro sa mga bata kasi gusto ko kahit bata pa lang alam na nila why forests matter, how they protect us, and what happens when we lose them.

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Who’s up for Wild Wans Part 2 at the mountain called Hummingbird? 🏔️🔥

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Paradise flying tree snake
𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒊 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒔
Mildly venomous

📷 Gerry Mendoza Cainglet

07/02/2026

Haring Ibon Discovery Cards featuring Wetland and Grassland Birds saw some of the most significant improvements over our previous Trading Cards! 🌊

The photographs here are some of the new photos we've used for our Discovery Cards! You can see all the birds' distinguishing features here at higher resolution and with much better clarity than before. And the taxonomy we are using now properly aligns with the 2025 AviList, so everyone using the cards will be as up to date as possible. 🐦

📍 The Haring Ibon Discovery Cards are available over at https://www.haringibon.com/collections/cards

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The Camiguin bulbul (Hypsipetes catarmanensis) is considered "endemic" because it is a native species that naturally occurs only on the island of Camiguin in the Philippines.

Its recognition as a unique endemic entity occurred in two main stages:
1969 (Discovery as a Subspecies): The bird was first scientifically described in 1969 by Austin L. Rand and Dioscoro S. Rabor. At that time, it was classified as a subspecies of the more widespread Yellowish Bulbul and named Ixos everetti catarmanensis.

2021 (Recognition as a Full Species): In recent years, researchers determined that its distinct plumage, larger bill, and unique vocalizations warranted its classification as a separate species. It was officially "split" and recognized as a full endemic species by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC) in 2021.

While it has lived exclusively on Camiguin for thousands of years, it has only been scientifically acknowledged as a distinct species for roughly five years. It is currently categorized as Near Threatened due to its extremely small and restricted range.

📷 credits to Steve Yocum