The Wangi Wangi White-eyes (Zosterops sp. nov.) is a recently discovered endangered bird of the white-eye family.
Distribution
The Wangi Wangi White-eyes was found in 2003 near the village of Wanci on Sulawesi Island and Wangiwangi Island after which the bird has been provisionally named.
The island is part of the Tukangbesi Islands to the south-east of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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Description
The bird is similar to the Sulawesi White-eye (Zosterops consobrinorum, also known as Pale-bellied White-eye) and may be a subspecies of it. However, it has a number of differences including larger size, a black body, a long yellow beak, a gray breast, and pale feet.
Like most white-eyes, it has a white ring around the eye and green upperparts.
It is also known as the Sulawesi white eye.
