Bonin White-eye

Taxobox
name = Bonin White-eye
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Zosteropidae
genus = "Apalopteron"
genus_authority = Bonaparte, 1854
species = "A. familiare"
binomial = "Apalopteron familiare"
binomial_authority = (Kittlitz, 1830)

The Bonin White-eye "Apalopteron familiare" or nihongo|meguro|メグロ is a small yellow and grey bird endemic to the Ogasawara Islands (formerly Bonin Islands) of Japan. Until recently it was considered part of the Meliphagidae family of honeyeaters and was called the Bonin Honeyeater.

A distinctive feature of the bird is the white rim around the eyes, which is then surrounded by black masking. Presently its habitat is restricted to Haha-jima Island. Until several years ago it could also be found on Chichi-jima Island. Because of the bird's small range of habitat, its status is listed as "Vulnerable".

A subspecies, the Mukojima White-eye, is extinct.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebas/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=5301&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
* [http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1369&Bird_Image_ID=9712&Bird_Family_ID=145&PHPSESSID=1c4b3ee9521dc98a0a077f20fd0d012d Photo of Bonin White-eye]