The slender-billed white-eye (Zosterops tenuirostris) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Norfolk Island.
| Slender-billed white-eye | |
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| Painting by John Gould (1848) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. tenuirostris
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| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops tenuirostris Gould, 1837
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Geographic range of the slender-billed white-eye
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Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Its predators include the Norfolk Island morepork.[2]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Zosterops tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22714226A211535599. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ Norman, Janette; Olsen, Penny; Christidis, Les (October 1998). "Molecular genetics confirms taxonomic affinities of the endangered Norfolk Island Bookbook Owl Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata". Biological Conservation. 86 (1): 33–36. doi:10.1016/s0006-3207(98)00012-3. ISSN 0006-3207.
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