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Long billed white eye

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Kingdom
  
Genus
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Zosteropidae

Scientific name
  
Rukia longirostra

Higher classification
  
Rukia

Order
  
Passerine


Similar
  
Teardrop white‑eye, Bare‑eyed white‑eye, Fernando Po speirops, Yellow‑throated white‑eye, Plain white‑eye

The long-billed white-eye (Rukia longirostra) is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical moist forests, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It has a curious nuthatch-like behavior of creeping along large tree limbs, and seems particularly specialized in using its long, slightly decurved bill to extract arthropods from the severed ends of branches.

Long-billed white-eye seems quite distinct in both plumage, structure, and habits from other Rukia and may deserve a change of genus, possibly to Zosterops.

References

Long-billed white-eye Wikipedia


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