The Solomons white-eye or New Georgia white-eye (''Zosterops kulambangrae'') 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 family

Zosteropidae 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 ...

. 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 the

New Georgia Islands The New Georgia Islands are part of the Western Province of Solomon Islands. They are located to the northwest of Guadalcanal. The larger islands are mountainous and covered in rain forest. The main islands are New Georgia, Vella Lavella, Kolom ...

in the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

. It is also known as ''Zosterops rendovae'' but this name properly refers to the

grey-throated white-eye The grey-throated white-eye (''Zosterops rendovae'') is a species of bird. Its family, the Zosteropidae, is probably not valid and belongs in the Timaliidae instead. It is also known as ''Zosterops ugiensis'' because ''Z. rendovae'' has often be ...

. The species is widespread in the New Georgia Group, occurring on

Kolombangara Kolombangara (sometimes spelled ''Kulambangara'') is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the nation state of Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The name is from a local language, a rough translation of its meaning is ...

Vonavona Vonavona is an island in the Solomon Islands; it is located in the Western Province. Alternative local names and spellings of the island are Parara, Wanawana . The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is some 21 metres. Vonavona borders Fergu ...

Kohinggo Arundel Island is an island of the New Georgia Islands archipelago in the Western Province of Solomon Islands. Its indigenous names are ''Kohinggo'' and ''Ndokulu''. Geography Arundel Island is located between Kolombangara and New Georgia islands, ...

New Georgia New Georgia, with an area of , is the largest of the islands in Western Province, Solomon Islands, and the 200th-largest island in the world. Geography New Georgia island is located in the New Georgia Group, an archipelago including most of ...

Vangunu Vangunu is an island, part of the New Georgia Islands in the Solomon Islands. It is located between New Georgia and Nggatokae Island. To the north and east of the island is Marovo Lagoon. The island has an area of . There are a small number of ...

and

Nggatokae Nggatokae Island is an island in the New Georgia Islands within Western Province, Solomon Islands. It is served by Gatokae Aerodrome. The island is an extinct volcano, the highest peak is Mount Mariu (887 m.). The island has an area of 93&nbs ...

. It regularly visits small islets. It is 12 cm long and mainly green on its upper body and olive-yellow on the underside. It has a narrow white ring around the eye, blackish forehead and lores, a black bill and yellowish legs.

References

Solomons white-eye Birds of the Western Province (Solomon Islands) Solomons white-eye Solomons white-eye Solomons white-eye Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Zosteropidae-stub