Slender-billed White-eye (Zosterops tenuirostris) [XC431052]
by id from Palm Glen, Norfolk Island National Park, Norfolk Island, South Pacific, Australia (call)
Slender-billed White-eye (Zosterops tenuirostris) [XC497081]
by Eric S. J. Tan from Red Road Entrance, Norfolk Island National Park, Australia (call)
Breeding Season (Guide)
October - December on Norfolk Island.
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Nest
Round, cup-shaped, composed of moss, fibrous roots and grass, lined with hair, suspended by rim, from branches near the edge of the canopy, up to about 8 m above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
2 - 6; 20 x 15 mm. Incubation: possibly by both sexes.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with extinct Robust White-eye (Zosterops strenuus).
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Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
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What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
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BirdLife International Species Factsheet