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Zosterops nehrkorni Blasius, 1888

Sangihe white-eye

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Zosterops atrifrons nehrkorni Blasius, 1888

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1886

Rediscovered in 1996

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

Sangihe Island, Indonesia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Blasius, W. (1888). Verein für Naturwissenschaft. 7. Sitzung am 5. Januar 1888. Braunschweigische Anzeigen 11 January 1888(9): 85-86.

 

Other references:

Berryman, Alex J. (2021). Sangihe’s forest birds under threat. BirdingASIA 36: 13-15.

BirdLife International. (2012). Zosterops nehrkorni. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 09 July 2012.

Collar, Nigel J. and Sykes, Brian R. (2009). Lost, found and saved—OBC conservation: the next 25 years. BirdingASIA 11: 41-46.

Mees, G. F. (1969). A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part iii). Zoologische Verhandelingen 102: 1-390.

Rasmussen, Pamela C., Wardill, J. C., Lambert, F. R. and Riley, J. (2000). On the specific status of the Sangihe White-eye Zosterops nehrkorni, and the taxonomy of the Black-crowned White-eye Z. atrifrons complex. Forktail 16: 69-81.

Riley, J. (2002). Population sizes and the status of endemic and restricted-range bird species on Sangihe Island, Indonesia. Bird Conservation International 12: 53-78.

Stresemann, E. (1931). Die Zosteropiden der indoaustralischen Region. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin 17: 201-238.

http://birdbase.hokkaido-ies.go.jp/rdb/rdb_en/zostnehr.pdf

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/19159/sangihe-white-eye-zosterops-nehrkorni

 

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