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Sangihe white-eye

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Sangihe white-eye
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. nehrkorni
Binomial name
Zosterops nehrkorni
Blasius, 1888

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 montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It was formerly considered conspecific with black-crowned white-eye (Zosterops atrifrons), 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 stalkeri.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Zosterops nehrkorni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22728605A134475330. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22728605A134475330.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  • 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
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