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Louisiade white-eye
Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Louisiade white-eye or islet white-eye (Zosterops griseotinctus) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, where it is found on widely disjunct islets on both the Bismarck and Louisiade archipelagos.[2]
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
There are five subspecies recognized by the International Ornithological Congress:[2]
- Z. g. ottomeyeri Stresemann, 1930 - Nauna
- Z. g. eichhorni Hartert, 1926 - several disjunct islets in the Bismarck Archipelago
- Z. g. griseotinctus Gray, GR, 1858 - west-central Louisiade Archipelago
- Z. g. longirostris Ramsay, 1879 - islets east of New Guinea
- Z. g. pallidipes De Vis, 1890 - Rossel Island
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