Yellow-throated white-eye

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Yellow-throated white-eye
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. metcalfii
Binomial name
Zosterops metcalfii
Tristram, 1894

The yellow-throated white-eye (Zosterops metcalfii) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands archipelago (Bougainville, Choiseul, Santa Isabel and Nggela Islands).

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Zosterops metcalfii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22714199A94405882. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714199A94405882.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.