Sanford's white-eye

Sanford's white-eye
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Zosteropidae
Genus:Woodfordia
Species: W. lacertosa
Binomial name
Woodfordia lacertosa
(Murphy & Mathews, 1929)

Sanford's white-eye (Woodfordia lacertosa) is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to Nendo Island.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It is named after Dr Leonard Cutler Sanford, a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Woodfordia lacertosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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