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Image: I.N. Pearlman

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Endemic to Mt. Guiting-Guiting
Image: Jayson G. Chavez

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IUCN Category: EN
CITES Regulated
Image: A. Robinson

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Image: Jayson G. Chave

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Image: Joel dela Cruz

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The island is relatively rich in biodiversity and a number of organisms are still yet to be discovered

Currently, Sibuyan Island is known to house 700 vascular plant species (54 are endemic to the island, while 180 species are Philippine endemic ) out of the ~10,000 species known to the Philippines.  A total of 130 species of birds can be found in the island, so are nine mammals (4 are endemic to the island),  11 amphibians, and ~ 25 reptiles.

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Rivers

Lakes

Marine environments

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Lower Montane Forest

Upper Montane Forest

Heathland (pygmy forest )

Grassland

Peatswamps

Mangroves

Beach forest

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Image: A. Robinson

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An IUCN Category II Protected Area

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Mean annual rainfall = ~ 2100 mm

Temperature range = 23.3 - 32.5 °C

Driest months = February - March

Wettest month = October

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The Sibuyan Island Ecoregion, The Philippines

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The Sibuyan Island Ecoregion, The Philippines

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Image: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, 2010

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The Philippine archipelago consists of about 7,600 islands within its geographical boundaries. Its complex geological history, climate (tropical and subtropical), land elevation (up to ca. 2900 masl), and various terrestrial substrates are the main driving forces which contribute to its high species diversity. It is both a megadiverse country and biodiversity hotspot.  Hence, Philippine biodiversity is an integral part of our global heritage and is important for the conservation of life.

The Sibuyan Island ecoregion (Romblon Province) is recognized as an extreme priority conservation area for terrestrial and marine organisms. The island occupies an area of approx. 45,600 hectares and is located at the center of the Philippine archipelago. It is dubbed by scientists as the "Galapagos of Asia" because of its isolation and large endemicity.  One of the prominent landscapes in this ecoregion is Mt. Guiting-Guiting, which is an IUCN Category II Protected Area. This coastal mountain  (photo shown) has an altitude of ca. 2050 m and consists of entirely ultramafic rocks.

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Map of the Philippines showing Sibuyan Island (inset)

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Map of the Philippines showing Sibuyan Island (inset)

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The island of Sibuyan,  together with the islands of Romblon and Tablas form the province of Romblon.

Romblon and Tablas forms the Romblon-Tablas Ecoregion, while Sibuyan is the sole area of the Sibuyan Island Ecoregion

Image: mystormlesssky@wordpress.com

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Anthropogenic Disturbances in Sibuyan Island Ecoregion

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Anthropogenic Disturbances in Sibuyan Island Ecoregion

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Logging/ Timber poaching

Draining of peat swamps

Agricultural conversion

Mining

Unregulated harvest of forest resources

Wildlife poaching

Clearing of mangroves for fishponds and habitation

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Some of the Recently Described Species that are Endemic to the Sibuyan Island Ecoregion

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Some of the Recently Described Species that are Endemic to the Sibuyan Island Ecoregion

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1. Gapudipentax guiting Lucanas

https://antdiversityindia.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Luca%C3%B1as_Latindiinae_from_Philippines_upload.25721407.pdf
2. Lobelia proctorii  Argent& P. Wilkie
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-007-9306-9
3. Crocidura ninoyi Esselstyn & Goodman
https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/91/6/1467/890873