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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2019	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,200 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	8800-75800 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2019
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.5 years	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common (Doughty et al. 1999). Analysis based on land cover data and a population density model estimated the population size of Rennell White-eye at around 11,700 mature individuals (Santini et al. 2019). Another estimate, based on the area of the species’s mapped range, the first quartile and median recorded population densities of other Zosterops species in Asia and the Pacific, and assuming that 13-45% of the range is occupied, the species’s population size is estimated to fall within the broad range 8,800 – 75,800 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and fragmentation. More evidence is needed to determine whether this qualifies as a continuing decline.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Solomon Islands	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Solomon Islands	East Rennell

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Intentional use: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Unknown		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rennell White-eye Zosterops rennellianus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rennell-white-eye-zosterops-rennellianus on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.