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A distinctive feature of the bird is the white rim around the eyes, which is then surrounded by black masking. |
A distinctive feature of the bird is the white rim around the eyes, which is then surrounded by black masking. |
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Presently its habitat is restricted to [[Haha-jima]] Island. |
Presently its habitat is restricted to [[Haha-jima]] Island. The species was once present on [[Chichi-jima]] Island, but has become extinct there.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Suzuki |first1=Tadashi |last2=Morioka |first2=Hiroyuki |title=Distribution and Extinction of the Ogasawara Islands Honeyeater Apalopteron familiare on Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands |journal=Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology |date=2005 |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=45–49 |doi=10.3312/jyio.37.45}}</ref> Because of the bird's small range of habitat, its status is listed as [[Near Threatened]].<ref name=IUCN/> |
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A subspecies, the [[Mukojima white-eye]], is extinct. |
A subspecies, the [[Mukojima white-eye]], is extinct. |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Apalopteron Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Species: | A. familiare
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| Apalopteron familiare (Kittlitz, 1830)
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The Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare) or meguro (メグロ) is a small yellow and grey bird endemic to the Ogasawara Islands (formerly Bonin Islands) of Japan. Until recently it was considered part of the family Meliphagidae of honeyeaters and was called the Bonin honeyeater.
A distinctive feature of the bird is the white rim around the eyes, which is then surrounded by black masking.
Presently its habitat is restricted to Haha-jima Island. The species was once present on Chichi-jima Island, but has become extinct there.[2] Because of the bird's small range of habitat, its status is listed as Near Threatened.[1]
A subspecies, the Mukojima white-eye, is extinct.
See also
References
- ^ a b Template:IUCN
- ^ Suzuki, Tadashi; Morioka, Hiroyuki (2005). "Distribution and Extinction of the Ogasawara Islands Honeyeater Apalopteron familiare on Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands". Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology. 37 (1): 45–49. doi:10.3312/jyio.37.45.
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