| Louisiade white-eye | |
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| on Duchess Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New-Guinea | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. griseotinctus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops griseotinctus GR Gray, 1858 | |
The Louisiade white-eye or islet white-eye (Zosterops griseotinctus) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, where it is found on widely disjunct islets on both the Bismarck and Louisiade archipelagos.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
There are five subspecies recognized by the International Ornithological Congress:
- Z. g. ottomeyeri Stresemann, 1930 - Nauna
- Z. g. eichhorni Hartert, 1926 - several disjunct islets in the Bismarck Archipelago
- Z. g. griseotinctus Gray, GR, 1858 - west-central Louisiade Archipelago
- Z. g. longirostris Ramsay, 1879 - islets east of New Guinea
- Z. g. pallidipes De Vis, 1890 - Rossel Island
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Zosterops griseotinctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22714168A94404545. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714168A94404545.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2023-01-23.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Zosterops griseotinctus | |
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