Marianne White-eye

The Seychelles yolk breast White-eye ( Zosterops mayottensis semiflava ), also known as chestnut flanks Seychelles White-eye, is an extinct subspecies of the yolk chest glasses bird ( Zosterops mayottensis ), which still exists on the island of Mayotte today. In his scientific first description in 1867 by Edward Newton, he was still regarded as an independent species Zosterops semiflava.

Description

He reached a size of 10 cm, the wing length was 5.8 to 6.3 cm, the tail length of 3.8 cm and the beak length 1.1 to 1.2 cm. He was generally greenish yellow with maroon edges and a distinctive white eye ring. The forehead and a bar over the eyes were yellow. The apex and the back were yellowish olive. The wings and tail were black and the bottom was dottergelb.

Lifestyle and dissemination

About his life nothing is known. This type was known with certainty only from the small granite island Marianne Iceland in the Seychelles. Information that it also occurred on the islands of Praslin, La Digue, Silhouette and Mahe are not confirmed.

Extinction

Due to the strong destruction of its habitat, he died from 1870-1900 (according to IUCN 1888). A search expedition in 1940 by the Irish zoologist Leslie Desmond Edward Foster Vesey - Fitzgerald was inconclusive.

A specimen that was captured in 1892 by William Louis Abbott, is located in the Natural History Museum in London.