Rota white-eye
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. rotensis
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| Zosterops rotensis Taka-Tsukasa & Yamashina, 1931
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The Rota white-eye or Rota bridled white-eye (Zosterops rotensis) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is critically endangered and endemic to Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands, where it mainly occurs in mature, wet limestone forests.[1]
Social Behavior
[edit]It forages in flocks.[2] It also roosts in flocks.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b BirdLife International (2018) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Zosterops rotensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22714047A126656629. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22714047A126656629.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b McElderry, Robert M.; et al. (2021). "Distilling professional opinion to gauge vulnerability of Guam avifauna to Brown Treesnake predation". Frontiers in Conservation Science. 2: 683964. Bibcode:2021FrCS....2.3964M. doi:10.3389/fcosc.2021.683964.
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