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Teardrop White-eye

Rukia ruki

Endangered · IUCN Red List

ENEndangeredEndemicInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 21 g
Teardrop White-eye (Rukia ruki), photo 1
Photo: Horyo Nanyo Shoto-san chorui · Public domain
Teardrop White-eye (Rukia ruki), photo 2
Photo: Doug Whitman · CC BY 4.0
Teardrop White-eye (Rukia ruki), photo 3
Photo: (c) Doug Whitman, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Teardrop White-eye

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Teardrop White-eye

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Micronesia

About the Teardrop White-eye

The teardrop white-eye, also known as the Faichuk white-eye, Truk white-eye, or great Truk white-eye, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. Some advocate that it is the only true member of the genus Rukia, or the "great white-eyes".

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Long-billed White-eyeRukia longirostraThe long-billed white-eye, known as tiht in Pohnpeian, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae.

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