Member of group OC-092 Babuyan Islands. Credited to 18.8% IOTA hunters.
Calayan Island is
located about 24 miles (39 km) west-south-west of Babuyan
Island off the north
coast of the Philippines and belongs to the Babuyan
Islands group in the Luzon
Strait. The island is
hemmed between Aparri and Batanes islands and it is larger than the Fuga Island,
which is 25 miles (40 km) away. Calayan is home to the Calayan
rail, a flightless bird
identified as a separate species in 2004 and endemic to Calayan Island. The
island is part of the Municipality of Calayan.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calayan_Island
By Alexander Altenhof (KaterBegemot) - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20319657
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