Bonin white-eye

Bonin white-eye
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Meliphagidae
Genus:Apalopteron
Bonaparte, 1854
Species: A. familiare
Binomial name
Apalopteron familiare
(Kittlitz, 1830)

The Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare) or meguro (メグロ) is a small yellow and grey bird endemic to the Ogasawara Islands (formerly Bonin Islands) of Japan. Until recently it was considered part of the family Meliphagidae of honeyeaters and was called the Bonin honeyeater.

A distinctive feature of the bird is the white rim around the eyes, which is then surrounded by black masking.

Presently its habitat is restricted to Haha-jima Island. Until several years ago it could also be found on Chichi-jima Island. Because of the bird's small range of habitat, its status is listed as Near Threatened.[1]

A subspecies, the Mukojima white-eye, is extinct.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2013). "Apalopteron familiare". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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