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Olive-colored White-eye
13 35 074 Zosterops oleagineus
Information
Common Name Olive White-eye, Yap Olive White-eye and Great Yap White-eye
Range Micronesian island of Yap.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Zosteropidae
Genus Zosterops
Species Zosterops oleagineus
Conservation Status
NTSpecies
Near Threatened

The Olive-colored white-eye (Zosterops oleagineus), also known as the olive white-eye, Yap olive white-eye and great Yap white-eye, is a species of white-eye in the Zosteropidae family.

Taxonomy[]

It is often placed in the genus Rukia with the teardrop and long-billed white-eyes and is most similar in plumage to the former.

Distribution and Habitat[]

It is endemic to the Micronesian island of Yap. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland and mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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