Vanikoro White-eye

Zosterops gibbsi

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 15 g

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The Vanikoro white-eye differs from its geographically closest congener, the Santa Cruz white-eye (Zosterops sanctaecrucis), by several features including a much longer bill and different eye-ring and leg colouring.

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When to see the Vanikoro White-eye

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 3 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Vanikoro White-eye

Regular range

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

About the Vanikoro White-eye

The Vanikoro white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Vanikoro in the Santa Cruz Islands of Temotu Province in the south-east of the Solomon Islands chain. The species is named for David Gibbs, who discovered it.

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