Rukia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: | Rukia Momiyama, 1922 |
species | |
R. longirostra |
Rukia is a small genus of birds in the white-eye family. Its two members are found in the Federated States of Micronesia on the island of Pohnpei and the Faichuk group of the Chuuk islands. They are:
The Olive White-eye (Zosterops oleagineus) of Yap is traditionally included in this genus as Rukia oleaginea.