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Zosterops chloronothos (Mauritius Olive White-eye)

Synonyms: Dicaeum chloronothos (homotypic); Zosterops chloronothos chloronothos; Zosterops chloronothus error

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mauritius olive white-eye (Zosterops chloronothos often mistakenly spelled Zosterops chloronothus) is a very rare passerine from the family of white-eyes (Zosteropidae). It is endemic to the island of Mauritius.
View Wikipedia Record: Zosterops chloronothos

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Zosterops chloronothos

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  9.5 grams
Clutch Size [2]  2
Incubation [2]  12 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mascarene forests France, Mauritius Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Macchabee-Bel Ombre Nature Reserve Biosphere Reserve 8881 Mauritius    

Prey / Diet

Bertiera zaluzania[2]
Labourdonnaisia calophylloides[2]
Sideroxylon cinereum[2]
Sideroxylon puberulum[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Pteropus niger (greater mascarene flying fox)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0