sangihe white-eye Zosterops nehrkorni

A distinctive small, extremely rare songbird (no records after 1999). Green above with a bold white eye-ring, a yellow throat and base to undertail, and otherwise white underparts. Orangish bill and legs unique among white-eyes in the region. The few records indicate it prefers short ridgetop forest in the foothills, where it occupies the canopy in small groups. Confined to Sangihe Island, where it is the only white-eye. Song is a metallic, high-pitched tinkling. Also gives falsetto “sweet” notes.