Current view: Data table and detailed info
Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Red List history
Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
high |
Land-mass type |
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Average mass |
- |
Population justification: This is a poorly known species and no population estimates are available. It is described as 'uncommon' by Beehler and Pratt (2016) but appears to be widespread and readily observed in small flocks (eBird 2022). The population size is not thought to be below 10,000 mature individuals (the threshold for listing as Threatened under Criterion C).
Trend justification: No direct assessment of rate of population change has been made for the species. It is considered to be relatively forest dependent (although it is somewhat tolerant of degraded habitat) and there has been a slow rate of forest cover loss, up to 4% in the ten years to 2022 (data from Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein) and this is suspected to be causing broadly equivalent reductions in population size of this species. These rates are suspected to occur in the future. An accelerated rate of decline is considered unlikely given the impenetrability of Supiori's forests.
Country/territory distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Biak White-eye Zosterops mysorensis. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/biak-white-eye-zosterops-mysorensis on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.