Wangi-wangi white-eye
Species of songbird
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The Wangi-wangi white-eye (Zosterops paruhbesar), locally known as sui,[2] is a species of songbird in the white-eye family.[3] It is endemic to a single island, Wangi-wangi Island, in the Wakatobi Islands, Indonesia.[4]
| Wangi-wangi white-eye | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. paruhbesar |
| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops paruhbesar Irham et al., 2022 | |
Zosterops paruhbesar has a yellowish head, throat, vent and mid ventral stripe. The flanks are greyish and the flight feathers and tail feathers are brown. Like many other white-eyes, it has a ring of white feathers around the eye.[5][6] The Wangi-wangi white-eye's bright yellow bill sets it apart from the Wakatobi white-eye, the only other white-eye on Wangi-wangi, as well as other white-eye species in the broader region.