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)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
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 (2022). "Zosterops tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22714226A211535599. Retrieved 29 July 2022.


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