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		<title>The Cebu Flowerpecker</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-cebu-flowerpecker/" title="The Cebu Flowerpecker" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cf1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Cebu flowerpecker" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cf1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cf1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cf1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The Cebu flowerpecker is endemic to Cebu Island in the Philippines. These <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;passerine&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Any bird of the order Passeriformes that includes more than half of all bird species. Also known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (3 pointing forward and 1 back), which facilitates perching. There are more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, making the passerines the most numerous of the bird species.Passerines are divided into 3 suborders: New Zealand wrens; diverse birds found only in North and South America; and songbirds.&#60;/div&#62;" href="https://critter.science/glossary/passerine/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">passerine</a> birds were thought to be extinct in the early 20th century, until 1992 when a population was rediscovered in a patch of limestone forest in the Central Cebu Protected Landscape. Since that time they have been found [&#x2026;]</p>
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		<title>The Ruby-Crowned Kinglet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-ruby-crowned-kinglet/" title="The Ruby-Crowned Kinglet" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="162" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rck1a-300x162.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="ruby-crowned kinglet" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rck1a-300x162.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rck1a-800x431.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rck1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The ruby-crowned kinglet can be found in Canada, United States, down to Mexico. There are 3 known subspecies recognized. These critters are among the smaller of the known passerine birds in North America. They prefer spruce-fir forests and mountainous regions throughout their range. With no real threats, sans habitat destruction, [&#x2026;]</p>
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