The Wangi-wangi white-eye (Zosterops paruhbesar), locally known as sui,[1] is a species of songbird in the white-eye family.[2] It is endemic to a single island, Wangi-wangi Island, in the Wakatobi Islands, Indonesia.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. paruhbesar
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| Zosterops paruhbesar Irham et al., 2022
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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.[4][5] 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.
References
edit- ^ "Kamponaone: Surga Burung Sui di Taman Nasional Wakatobi". hijauku.com (in Indonesian). 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
- ^ Mohammad Irham; Dewi M. Prawiradilaga; Jochen K. Menner; et al. (21 October 2022). "A distinct new species of Zosterops white‐eye from the Sulawesi region, Indonesia". Ibis. doi:10.1111/IBI.13148. ISSN 1474-919X. Wikidata Q115755958.
- ^ "GeoHack - Wangi-wangi Island". geohack.toolforge.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "Zosterops palpebrosus - Oriental White-eye - Taxo4254 - Wiki.nus". wiki.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ Anderson, Natali (2022-10-21). "Newly-Described Bird Species is Endemic to Indonesian Island | Sci.News". Sci.News: Breaking Science News. Retrieved 2022-10-22.