Rukia

This article is about the bird genus. For the Bleach character, see Rukia Kuchiki.

Rukia is a small genus of birds in the white-eye family. Its two members are found in the Federated States of Micronesia on the island of Pohnpei and the Faichuk group of the Chuuk islands. They are:

• Long-billed white-eye, Rukia longirostra
• Teardrop white-eye or Faichuk white-eye, Rukia ruki

Rukia
Rukia longirostra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Zosteropidae
Genus:	Rukia Momiyama, 1922
Species
Rukia longirostra Rukia ruki

The olive white-eye (Zosterops oleagineus) of Yap is traditionally included in this genus as Rukia oleaginea.

References

• Rukia longirostra, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Retrieved 27 August 2014

External links

• Media related to Rukia at Wikimedia Commons