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Slender-billed White-eye Zosterops tenuirostris



Family: Zosteropidae (White-eyes and Yuhinas)

Authority: Gould, 1837

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
The species has a small population that appears to be undergoing a continuing decline as a result of rat predation, and all individuals belong to one subpopulation. For these reasons it is assessed as Vulnerable.

Population size: 2550-6360, 4100 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 64 km2

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Slender-billed White-eye Zosterops tenuirostris. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/slender-billed-white-eye-zosterops-tenuirostris on 27/12/2024.
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 27/12/2024.