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Bridled White-eye
13 31 007 Zosterops conspicillatus conspicillatus
Zosterops conspicillatus conspicillatus
Information
Range Northern Mariana Islands, where the one remaining subspecies is currently abundant on the islands of Tinian, Saipan and Aguijan.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Zosteropidae
Genus Zosterops
Species Zosterops conspicillatus
Conservation Status
ENSpecies
Endangered

The Bridled white-eye (Zosterops conspicillatus) (Chamorro name: nosa') is a species of white-eye in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to the Northern Mariana Islands, where the one remaining subspecies is currently abundant on the islands of Tinian, Saipan and Aguijan. The bridled white-eye natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, and rural gardens.

The nominate subspecies formerly occurred on the island of Guam, but that population is almost certainly now extinct due in large part to the invasive and non-native brown tree snake consuming both adults, nestlings, and eggs. The remaining subspecies (Z. c. saypani) is now also projected to undergo a rapid population decline due to the recent introduction of the brown tree snake on Saipan. Formerly, the Rota White-eye was also considered as a subspecies of the bridled white-eye.

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