'' Rukia '' is a small genus of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

s in the

white-eye The white-eyes are a family, Zosteropidae, of small passerine birds native to tropical, subtropical and temperate Sub-Saharan Africa, southern and eastern Asia, and Australasia. White-eyes inhabit most tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, the ...

family. Its two members are found in the

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...

on the island of

Pohnpei Pohnpei "upon (''pohn'') a stone altar (''pei'')" (formerly known as Ponape or Ascension, Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic: ''*Fawo ni pei)'' is an island of the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group. It belongs to Pohnpei ...

and the Faichuk group of the Chuuk islands. They are: *

Long-billed white-eye The long-billed white-eye (''Rukia longirostra''), known as Tiht in Pohnpeian, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is Endemism, endemic to the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. Its natural habitats are sub ...

, ''Rukia longirostra'' *

Teardrop white-eye The teardrop white-eye (''Rukia ruki''), 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 " ...

or Faichuk white-eye, ''Rukia ruki'' The olive white-eye (''Zosterops oleagineus'') of

Yap Yap ( yap, Waqaab) traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State. The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to the state within the Federated States of Micr ...

is traditionally included in this genus as ''Rukia oleaginea''.

References

''Rukia longirostra''
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Retrieved 27 August 2014 {{Taxonbar, from=Q3102861 Bird genera Zosteropidae