#Micronesians

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Clarification: the Marshallese are indeed Pacific Islanders. However they are not Polynesian but rather Micronesian (which also includes groups like Palauans, Kiribati, Yapese, and CHamoru).

Here's a map of the different Austronesian groups and the hypothesized way they spread.

Stick charts are not only a demonstration of the skill of oceanic navigation by Pacific Islanders, but of the diversity in how those skills manifest among the different groups.

Polynesians did also rely on a form of a physical map called a stick chart, illustrating the specific wave and swell patterns surrounding different island chains. These were particularly helpful during cloudy conditions when the sun and stars were less useful. To navigate the Marshall Islands, the Marshallese represented ocean swell patterns using parts of coconut fronds and shells as islands. Like a subway map, they don’t so much represent distances as they do relationships. The complex and decorative stick charts were often only understood by the person who made them. They were memorised before a voyage by the pilot who would lie on the floor of a canoe to get a sense of swell movement and often lead a squadron of 15 or more boats.

[birdstudies]

November 10, 2024 - Micronesian Starling (Aplonis opaca) These starlings are found in Micronesia in forests and shrublands. Primarily foraging in trees, often in flocks of up to twelve, they mostly eat fruit and seeds, as well as insects and seabird eggs. They build nests from sticks, grass, and leaves in cavities in trees, palms, tree-ferns, cliffs, or human-made structures. Females lay clutches of one to four eggs. Both parents incubate them and care for the chicks.

[tinylongwing]

Trick or Treat!

I have unfortunately handled very few true corvids (I see your username there) as they're often too clever to get caught, however, I have banded a ton of their relatives, like this na'abak/Micronesian Rufous Fantail! A ton of the birds from the Australasian and Indo-Pacific region are actually very early branches of the Corvoidea superfamily, such as these guys! This one was banded earlier this March on Rota, CNMI - and over my lifetime I've probably banded hundreds of them, if not thousands. They never get old because they are the CUTEST DANG CREATURE.

[famousinuniverse]

Nauru, Pleasant Island, Oceania: Nauru officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Micronesia, part of Oceania in the Central Pacific. Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world, larger than only Vatican City and Monaco, making it the smallest republic and island nation, as well the smallest member state of the Commonwealth of Nations by area. Wikipedia

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A new variant has been added!

Micronesian Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura versicolor) © mnaturalistss

It hatches from active, black, brown, endemic, long, new, orange, other, overall, pale, small, speckled, under, warm, white, and wide eggs.

squawkoverflow - the ultimate bird collecting game          🥚 hatch    ❤️ collect     🤝 connect

[eirikswood]

Descendants of the First Seafarers

Some of the ancestors of the native peoples of Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Islands (Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia) came from an ancient seaborne migration out of Taiwan and the Philippines (2200 BCE - 1250 CE). Cultural traditions still shared among these far-flung peoples today include t��tau (tattoos), jade carving, stilt houses, and the cultivation of taro, pork, rice, coconuts, and yams.

[rabbitcruiser]

The current Aquatic Bird House opened on September 24, 1964, on the foundation of the original house.

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!!!ROUND!!! 1!!!! POLL!!!! 159!!!!

[ID: two pigeons with grey bodies, green wings and big black ceres perch in trees. the first, the Micronesian imperial pigeon has a rust-red belly and a tiny bit of white on it's face. the second is the Polynesian imperial pigeon]

honestly these guys are both like. blorbos of some kind to me. choose wisely.

Micronesian imperial pigeon!!! Polynesian imperial pigeon!!! isn't there just soo much to love??

[higherentity]

[sosefinamovie]

watch Sosefina at manuscriptfilms.com

#sosefina #polynesian #fypviral #fyppp #italy #nauru #southkorea #india #palau #indonesia #namibia #poland #cookislands #canada #japan #newcaldonia #vanuatu #northernlands #unitedkingdom #guam #micronesia #solomonislands #marshallisland

[angstandhappiness]

NEAT

commish for @micronesian-monkeys of their dnd crew

[humongsstuff-binbin0111]

Vocabulary in the some languages of Austronesian (Formosan, Malayo-Polynesian).

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A new variant has been added!

Micronesian Starling (Aplonis opaca) © Stosh Morency

It hatches from amber, black, brown, common, glossy, green, juvenile, large, pale, short, and yellow eggs.

squawkoverflow - the ultimate bird collecting game          🥚 hatch    ❤️ collect     🤝 connect

[irawhiti]

hey, i just wanna make it clear that polynesians weren't just "crashing into" random places. i'm guessing you didn't mean anything by this and i'm answering in good faith accordingly but it's an extremely common racist speaking point to claim that polynesians were just accidentally getting washed up on new islands without any way of knowing where we were or what was around us + that most of us died at sea and only the very lucky few managed to wash up to a random shore that could sustain longterm settlement by pure luck. it's so common that people still believe it as the primary theory when it comes to our deliberate settlement of the pacific, partially because a lot of the knowledge of seafaring was lost (or made Very hidden and closed culture) by colonisation and genocide

we were very aware of exactly where we were going and our sacred knowledge regarding voyaging meant we were able to find, visit, and migrate to new islands and continents, as well as set up trade routes and frequently visit our polynesian family throughout the pacific (and the americas, asia, and australia). there was no guesswork nor was there any accidental "crashing into" places to discover them, we used our knowledge to know exactly where various landmasses were (+ where there were small islands along the way to take breaks on for a bit that were too small or barren to sustain longterm settlement but were ideal pit stops)

i literally think of that "polynesians first to discover antarctica, not news to maori" headline so much it's so fucking funny

[languagexs]

Exploring the Pohnpeian Language: A Comprehensive Guide to Pohnpeian Words and Phrases

The Intriguing Pohnpeian Language of Micronesia The Pohnpeian language, also known as Pohnpei or Ponapean, is an indigenous Micronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Pohnpei, one of the four states that make up the Federated States of Micronesia. With around 28,000 native speakers, it is the most widely spoken of the Micronesian languages. This comprehensive guide provides an…

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