Monochrome spectacle bird
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| Zosterops sanctaecrucis | ||||||||||||
| Tristram , 1894 |
The single-color spectacled bird ( Zosterops sanctaecrucis ) is a rarely explored species of bird from the spectacled family . It is endemic to Nendo Island in the Santa Cruz Islands .
features
The monochrome spectacle bird reaches a size of 12.5 centimeters. The eye ring and the rein area are blackish. The hand wings and control feathers are blackish-brown with broad light olive edges. The underside is greenish yellow; towards the middle of the abdomen and the rump it shows a yellowish color. The iris is brown. The beak is black with a yellowish base. The legs are blue-gray. The sexes look the same. Juvenile birds have not yet been described. The full vocals consist of rich, melodic trills, the call of a deep nasal trill.
A similar species with a slimmer beak and yellowish-orange legs was discovered by David Gibbs on the island of Vanikoro in 1994 and described by Guy Dutson as Zosterops gibbsi in 2008 .
habitat
The monochrome spectacled bird lives in bushland, gardens, primary and secondary forests and forest edges.
Way of life
No information is available about his way of life.
status
There is no information about the population of the monochrome spectacled bird. Between 1994 and 2005 it was described as fairly common to common. BirdLife International classifies it as not at risk (least concern).
literature
- Joseph Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot, David A. Christie (Eds.): Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-Tits to Shrikes. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2008, ISBN 978-84-96553-45-3 .
Web link
- Zosterops sanctaecrucis in the Red List of Endangered Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2013.