title: Micronesian
text: # Micronesian
  
  Micronesian describes something of, from, or related to Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania composed of hundreds of small islands in the Pacific Ocean.
  
  Micronesian may refer to:
  
  ## People and society
  
  * Micronesian people, people from the general region of Micronesia
  * Micronesian citizen, a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia, an independent sovereign island nation
     * Micronesian passport, issued by the Federated States of Micronesia
  * Micronesian Americans, Americans descended from people of the Federated States of Micronesia
  * Micronesian Japanese, people from Japan who settled in Micronesia in the first half of the 20th century
  * Micronesian mythology, the traditional belief systems of the people of Micronesia
  * Micronesian languages, twenty languages forming a family of Oceanic languages
  * Micronesian Pidgin English, an English-based pidgin language spoken in nineteenth-century Micronesia
  
  ## Biology
  
  * Micronesian imperial pigeon, a species of bird in the family Columbidae
  * Micronesian kingfisher, a group of kingfishers from the Pacific Islands of Guam, Pohnpei and Palau
  * Micronesian megapode, an endangered megapode which inhabits islands of the Western Pacific Ocean
  * Micronesian myzomela, a species of bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidaeyes
  * Micronesian starling, a species of starling in the family Sturnidae
  * Micronesian swiftlet, a species of swift in the family Apodidae
  
  ## Other
  
  * Micronesian Games, a quadrennial international multi-sport event within the Micronesian region
  