Family: Zosteropidae (White-eyes and Yuhinas)

Authority: (Rand & Rabor, 1952)

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v); C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Endangered because it has a very small range and a small number of mature individuals (<2,500), being known only from Mt Talinis and the immediate area, where ongoing forest destruction and habitat degradation is leading to a continuing decline in the extent, area and quality of habitat, and the number of mature individuals, as evidenced from a decline in encounter rates since 1992.

Population size: 750-2300 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial