Long-billed White-eye

Rukia longirostra (Taka-Tsukasa & Yamashina, 1931)

Long-billed White-eye, Rukia longirostra, is a white-eye of Pohnpei in the Pacific Ocean, where it breeds on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia. It is found in moist lowland forest and in plantations. The bird is notable for its long, slightly downcurved bill, which it uses to take arthropods from the cut ends of branches. It also moves along broad limbs in a manner likened to a nuthatch. It is regarded as distinct from the teardrop white-eye in plumage, structure and habits.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Zosteropidae — White-eyes

Breeding range

Pacific Ocean: Pohnpei (=Ponape, e Caroline Is., c Micronesia)