The Sangihe white-eye (''Zosterops nehrkorni'') is a species 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 ...

in the white-eye family. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to Sangihe,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical moist

montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...

s. It is threatened by

habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...

. It was formerly considered conspecific with

black-crowned white-eye The black-crowned white-eye (''Zosterops atrifrons'') is a songbird species. It is closely related to the Old World babblers, and its family Zosteropidae might better be included in the Tiimalidae. Its subspecies from the Sulawesi region might ...

(''Zosterops atrifrons''), but work by

Pamela C. Rasmussen Pamela Cecile Rasmussen (born October 16, 1959) is an American ornithologist and expert on Asian birds. She was formerly a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and is based at the Michigan State University. She ...

and her colleagues showed that it is a separate species. The same research also confirmed the specific status of the

Seram white-eye The Seram white-eye (''Zosterops stalkeri'') is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is an endemic resident breeder in open woodland in Seram, Indonesia. It was formerly considered conspecific with black-fronted white-eye, ''Zost ...

, ''Zosterops stalkeri''.

References

* P. C. Rasmussen, J. C. Wardill, F. R. Lambert and J. Riley ''On the specific status of the Sangihe White-eye ''Zosterops nehrkorni'', and the taxonomy of the Black-crowned White-eye ''Z. atrifrons'' complex'': Forktail 16 (2000): 69-80

External links

Species factsheet
- BirdLife International {{Taxonbar, from=Q795543

Sangihe white-eye The Sangihe white-eye (''Zosterops nehrkorni'') is a species of bird in the white-eye family. It is Endemism, endemic to Sangir Island, Sangihe, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by ...

Endemic birds of Sangihe Critically endangered fauna of Asia

Taxa named by August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius Taxonomy articles created by Polbot