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🌎 Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2025 — Jardín, Antioquia, Colombia

Celebrating Biodiversity in the Heart of the Andes | October 24–27, 2025

Jardín, Antioquia, a jewel of Colombia's Andean region, joins the international movement to document and celebrate biodiversity during the Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur (Great Southern Bioblitz, GSB) 2025. From October 24 to 27, citizens, naturalists, students, and researchers will come together across the Southern Hemisphere for four days of intensive biodiversity observation.

This year, Jardín and the surrounding San Juan River basin—with its forests, coffee plantations, nature reserves, and cloud-shrouded trails—take center stage as a biodiversity hotspot. Whether you’re an expert or a curious beginner, this is your chance to contribute to global citizen science.

Foto: streetflash
Foto: streetflash

🌿 What is the Great Southern Bioblitz?

Since 2020, communities from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania have united each austral spring to record the living organisms in their surroundings. Originating in Australia, the GSB is now a globally coordinated event that empowers local communities to document biodiversity, raise awareness, and support conservation science through the iNaturalist platform.

🐾 How Can You Participate?

It’s simple:

  1. Explore: Visit your backyard, farm, a local stream, reserve, or forest.

  2. Observe & Photograph: Record any plant, insect, bird, fungus, reptile, or mammal you find.

  3. Upload to iNaturalist: Use iNaturalist Colombia to share your observations. Your records will be verified by a global network of experts and used for research and education.

💡 Can’t go outside? You can still help by identifying observations online—every contribution counts!

📊 Jardín's iNaturalist Biodiversity in Numbers (so far)

  • 200,415 observations

  • 8,492 species

  • 8,048 observers

  • 6,905 identifiers

🐦 Top Observed Species:

  • Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) – 1,620 obs.

  • Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola) – 1,522 obs.

  • Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis) – 1,382 obs.

  • Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) – 1,330 obs.

  • Andean Motmot (Momotus aequatorialis), Bare-faced Ibis, Green Iguana, and more…

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🌟 Celebrating Our Contributors

👥 Top Observers:

  1. dwkfoster – 25,265 obs | 1,841 species

  2. amesac – 5,569 obs | 924 species

  3. catalina159, luchogu, camilojotage, esteban_villa, and others are making extraordinary contributions!

🔍 Top Identifiers:

  1. camilojotage – 11,522 IDs

  2. lsueza, julianbiol, sesernam, anabenavides – helping validate thousands of records.

Your efforts shape our understanding of Colombia’s biodiversity and elevate Jardín as a regional conservation leader.

🔗 Explore & Connect

📣 Join Us!

Whether you're walking through the forests of Jardín or logging in from your phone, your contribution matters. Let’s celebrate and protect the wild beauty of Jardín—together.

Are you ready to explore, learn, and inspire during GSB 2025? 🦋📷🍃

 
 
 

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