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Species of bird

Rota white-eye
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species: Z. rotensis
Binomial name
Zosterops rotensis
Taka-Tsukasa & Yamashina, 1931

The Rota white-eye or Rota bridled white-eye (Zosterops rotensis) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is critically endangered and endemic to Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands, where it mainly occurs in mature, wet limestone forests.

Social Behavior

It forages in flocks. It also roosts in flocks.

See also

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Zosterops rotensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22714047A126656629. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22714047A126656629.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.{{cite iucn}}: |volume= / |doi= mismatch, |date= / |doi= mismatch (help)
  2. ^ McElderry, Robert M., et al. "Distilling professional opinion to gauge vulnerability of Guam avifauna to Brown Treesnake predation." Frontiers in Conservation Science 2 (2021): 683964.

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Taxon identifiers
Zosterops rotensis


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