Slender-billed white-eye

The slender-billed white-eye (Zosterops tenuirostris) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Norfolk Island.

Slender-billed white-eye
Painting by John Gould (1848)

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. tenuirostris
Binomial name
Zosterops tenuirostris
Gould, 1837
     Geographic range of the slender-billed white-eye

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

References

  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Zosterops tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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