Sangihe White-eye

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Sangihe White-eye
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species: Z. nehrkorni
Binomial name
Zosterops nehrkorni
Blasius, 1888

The Sangihe White-eye (Zosterops nehrkorni) is a species of bird in the white-eye family. It is endemic to Sangihe, Indonesia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It was formerly considered conspecific with Black-fronted White-eye, Zosterops minor, but work by Pamela C. Rasmussen and her colleagues showed that it is a separate species. The same research also confirmed the specific status of the Seram White-eye, Zosterops nehrkorni.

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International 2004. Zosterops nehrkorni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
  • P. C. RASMUSSEN, J. C. WARDILL, F. R. LAMBERT and J. RILEY On the specific status of the Sangihe White-eye Zosterops nehrkorni, and the taxonomy of the Black-crowned White-eye Z. atrifrons complex: FORKTAIL 16 (2000): 69-80

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