Sangihe White-eye

Taxobox
name = Sangihe White-eye


status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Zosteropidae
genus = "Zosterops"
species = "Z. nehrkorni"
binomial = "Zosterops nehrkorni"
binomial_authority = Blasius, 1888
synonyms =

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".

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40481/all Zosterops nehrkorni] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 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

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=30062&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]