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 NT    Togian White-eye* Id (Atlas):
    Zosterops somadikartai Endemic

Description (10)
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Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Indrawan et al., 2008

Habitat
Low bushes near mangroves, gardens, coconut groves, secondary shrub, and in logged-over forest. From sea-level - 100 m.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia.

Togian Is (Malenge, Talatakoh and Batudaka), in northern Sulawesi.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through conversion to agriculture and overexploitation of resources, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Forages in pairs or small flocks of up to five individuals.

Food
Insects, including caterpillars.

Voice
A thin sweet warble, similar to that of Black-crowned White-eye (Zosterops atrifrons) but less modulated. Twittering chirrups heard from small moving flocks.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

 
Togian White-eye (Zosterops somadikartai) [XC27312]
     by Andrew Spencer from Batudaka, Togian Islands, Indonesia (call)

 
Togian White-eye (Zosterops somadikartai) [XC524650]
     by Andrew Spencer from Sandy Bay - Malenge Village trail, Malenge, Togian Islands, Indonesia (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Creamy-throated White-eye (Zosterops atriceps), Black-crowned White-eye (Zosterops atrifrons), Sangihe White-eye (Zosterops nehrkorni), Seram White-eye (Zosterops stalkeri), Black-fronted White-eye (Zosterops minor), Tagula White-eye (Zosterops meeki) and Bismarck White-eye (Zosterops hypoxanthus).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Togian White-eye (Zosterops somadikartai) - 10 files


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