Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Zosteropidae > Zosterops > Zosterops exploratorZosterops explorator (Fiji White-eye)The Fiji white-eye (Zosterops explorator) is a species of passerine bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The species is also known as the Layard's white-eye.It is endemic to the islands of Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Kadavu, and Ovalau in Fiji, where it is a common bird of forests. Where it co-occurs with the closely related silvereye it is more common in denser forest. The Fiji white-eye feeds by gleaning insects from shrubs and trees. It will join mixed-species feeding flocks with other Fijian birds, including silvereyes. It also feeds lower down in the trees than silvereyes. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 1.3584 EDGE Score: 0.857983 |
Adult Weight [1] | 10.5 grams |  | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | Diet - Fruit [2] | 20 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 80 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 50 % | Forages - Understory [2] | 50 % |  | Clutch Size [1] | 2 |
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Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
East Kadavu |
Fiji |
A1, A2 |
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Gau Highlands |
Fiji |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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Greater Tomaniivi |
Fiji |
A1, A2 |
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Koroyanitu/Vaturu |
Fiji |
A1, A2 |
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Nabukelevu |
Fiji |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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Natewa/Tunuloa Peninsula |
Fiji |
A1, A2 |
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Rairaimatuku Highlands |
Fiji |
A1, A2 |
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Sovi Basin |
Fiji |
A1, A2 |
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Taveuni Highlands |
Fiji |
A1, A2 |
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Viti Levu Southern Highlands |
Fiji |
A1, A2 |
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Wailevu/Dreketi Highlands |
Fiji |
A1, A2 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Polynesia-Micronesia |
Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States |
Yes |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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