Bird Guide

Vanikoro White-eye

Zosterops gibbsi

Least ConcernEndemicInvertebratesCup nestTiny · 15 g

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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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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Where the Vanikoro White-eye lives

Regular range

When to see the Vanikoro White-eye

Peak activity in October · a passage migrant species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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