Louisiade white-eye

Louisiade white-eye
on Duchess Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New-Guinea
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Zosteropidae
Genus:	Zosterops
Species:	Z. griseotinctus
Binomial name
Zosterops griseotinctus GR Gray, 1858

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

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Zosterops griseotinctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22714168A94404545. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714168A94404545.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2023-01-23.