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| - | {{incomplete}} | + | [[Image:Long-billed_White-eye.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Artwork by {{user|noisi|noisi}}]] |
| - | [[Image:Long-billed_White-eye.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by noisi]] | + | '''Alternative names: Pohnpei White-eye; Large Ponapé White-eye; Ponapé White-eye''' |
| | ;[[:Category:Rukia|Rukia]] longirostra | | ;[[:Category:Rukia|Rukia]] longirostra |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Long decurved bill. | + | 13cm. A distinctive white eye. |
| | + | * Long, thin and decurved bill |
| | + | * Buffy olive upperparts |
| | + | * Slightly greener on head |
| | + | * Narrow eyering |
| | + | * Blackish-brown flight-feathers and tail feathers with olive to brownish margins |
| | + | * Much lighter underparts, buffy, strongest on flanks |
| | + | * Chin, throat and centre of underparts slightly tinged greenish-yellow |
| | + | Sexes similar, juveniles undescribed. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | [[Micronesia]]. | + | Endemic to Pohnpei in the east-central Caroline Islands ([[Federated States of Micronesia]]).<br /> |
| | + | A widespread but uncommon restricted-range species. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | Monotypic. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> |
| | + | Rukia sanfordi is a synonym to the current scientific name. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Moist forest and plantations | + | Moist forest and plantations above 600m. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | Diet includes insects. | + | No information on diet, feeds probably on insects.<br /> |
| | + | Forages quietly in the canopy, often with [[Grey-brown White-eye]].<br /> |
| | + | Birds with enlarged gonads recorded in December and February, an immature seen in April. No other information on breeding. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-HBWVol13}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Rukia+longirostra}} | | {{GSearch|Rukia+longirostra}} |
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| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Rukia]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Artwork Only]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Rukia]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Artwork Only]] |
Revision as of 13:33, 18 August 2012
Alternative names: Pohnpei White-eye; Large Ponapé White-eye; Ponapé White-eye
- Rukia longirostra
Identification
13cm. A distinctive white eye.
- Long, thin and decurved bill
- Buffy olive upperparts
- Slightly greener on head
- Narrow eyering
- Blackish-brown flight-feathers and tail feathers with olive to brownish margins
- Much lighter underparts, buffy, strongest on flanks
- Chin, throat and centre of underparts slightly tinged greenish-yellow
Sexes similar, juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Endemic to Pohnpei in the east-central Caroline Islands (Federated States of Micronesia).
A widespread but uncommon restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Rukia sanfordi is a synonym to the current scientific name.
Habitat
Moist forest and plantations above 600m.
Behaviour
No information on diet, feeds probably on insects.
Forages quietly in the canopy, often with Grey-brown White-eye.
Birds with enlarged gonads recorded in December and February, an immature seen in April. No other information on breeding.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453
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