slender-billed white-eye
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| name = Slender-billed white-eye
| image = Slender-billed White-eye cropped.jpg
| image_caption = Painting by John Gould (1848)
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Zosterops tenuirostris
| authority = Gould, 1837
| synonyms =
| range_map = Zosterops tenuirostris distribution map.svg
| range_map_caption = {{leftlegend|#009900ff|Geographic range of the slender-billed white-eye|outline=gray}}}}
The slender-billed white-eye (Zosterops tenuirostris) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Norfolk Island.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Its predators include the Norfolk Island morepork.{{Cite journal |last1=Norman |first1=Janette |last2=Olsen |first2=Penny |last3=Christidis |first3=Les |date=October 1998 |title=Molecular genetics confirms taxonomic affinities of the endangered Norfolk Island Bookbook Owl Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3207(98)00012-3 |journal=Biological Conservation |volume=86 |issue=1 |pages=33–36 |doi=10.1016/s0006-3207(98)00012-3 |bibcode=1998BCons..86...33N |issn=0006-3207|url-access=subscription }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebas/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=7502&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
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Category:Birds described in 1837
Category:Endangered fauna of Australia
Category:Endemic fauna of Australia
Category:Birds of Norfolk Island
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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