Rota white-eye | |
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Conservation status | |
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific 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
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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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