Annobón White-eye

The Annobón White-eye ( Zosterops griseovirescens ) is a species of bird in the family of white-eyes. It is endemic to the island of Annobón southwest of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea.

Description

The Annobón White-eye reaches a size of 12 centimeters, a wing length of 6.2 centimeters and a tail length of 2.1 centimeters. The top is gray with a faint greenish tinge. The head is dark olive green. The coverts are yellow. The underside is white, throat and stomach middle are washed sulfur yellow. The under tail-coverts are deep yellow. The flanks are yellow with a brownish approach. The under wing-coverts are white. Wings and tail feathers are dark brown with yellow-green outer seams. To the brown iris runs a white eye-ring. The beak is black. The feet are brown. His singing consists of rapid - plic plic -pic- tones with an accompanying buzzing and trilling.

Habitat and behavior

The Annobón White-eye has a very small distribution area of about 15 km ². It inhabits scrub and woodland, including primary and secondary forests and plantations and cultivated areas. He goes in groups of two to ten individuals in search of food and feeds on invertebrates.

Status

BirdLife International classifies the Annobón White-eye with a stock 1000-2500 copies as endangered ( vulnerable ). The biggest threat are random events, such as storms or fires due to the tiny Artareals. Whether habitat changes such as the installation of fruit plantations, oil palm plantations and sugar cane plantations threaten the existence is unclear, since the nature colonizes the plantations and also many of these plantations have now been abandoned.