Rukia

Rukia
Rukia longirostra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Rukia
Momiyama, 1922
Species

Rukia is a small genus of birds in the white-eye family. Its two members are found in the Federated States of Micronesia on the island of Pohnpei and the Faichuk group of the Chuuk islands.

The genus Rukia contains the following two (or three) species:

ImageCommon nameScientific name
Long-billed white-eyeRukia longirostra
Teardrop white-eye or Faichuk white-eyeRukia ruki
Olive-colored white-eyeSometimes included as Rukia oleaginea; other authorities place it in the genus Zosterops as Zosterops oleagineus

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