Biology:Pale-bellied white-eye
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. consobrinorum
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| Zosterops consobrinorum Meyer, 1904
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The pale-bellied white-eye (Zosterops consobrinorum) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to SE Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. The species has a limited distribution [2] and also appears to be sensitive to human disturbance.[3]
Taxonomy and systematics
Although not yet recognized as a subspecies of the pale-bellied white-eye, in 2003 a similar bird was discovered near the village of Wanci on Wangi-wangi Island and provisionally named the Wangi-Wangi white-eye (Zosterops sp. nov.).[4][5] This island is its only known home and is part of the Tukangbesi Islands to the southeast of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
The Wangi-Wangi white-eye has a number of differences from the pale-bellied white-eye including larger size, a black body, a long yellow beak, a gray breast and pale feet. Like most white-eyes it has a white ring around the eye and green upperparts.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Zosterops consobrinorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22714107A94401990. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714107A94401990.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22714107/94401990. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ van Balen, S (2008). Family Zosteropidae (White-eyes). In: del Hoyo J, Elliot A, Christie DA, editors Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Penduline-tits to Shrikes.. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. pp. 402–485. ISBN 9788496553453.
- ↑ Martin, Thomas Edward; Blackburn, George Alan (2010). "Impacts of Tropical Forest Disturbance Upon Avifauna on a Small Island with High Endemism: Implications for Conservation". Conservation & Society 8 (2): 127–139. doi:10.4103/0972-4923.68914.
- ↑ Owen, James (2004-01-26). "Mystery Bird Discovered On Indonesian Island". National Geographic News. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/01/0126_040126_wangiwangi.html.
- ↑ O’Connell, Darren P; Kelly, David J; Lawless, Naomi; O’Brien, Katie; Marcaigh, Fionn Ó; Karya, Adi; Analuddin, Kangkuso; Marples, Nicola M (2019). "A sympatric pair of undescribed white-eye species (Aves: Zosteropidae: Zosterops) with different origins" (in en). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186 (3): 701–724. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz022. ISSN 0024-4082.
Wikidata ☰ Q1923139 entry
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