Species profile
Teardrop White-eye
Rukia ruki
Quick answer
Forests and scrub of Truk (e Caroline Is.)
- Scientific name
- Rukia ruki
- Family
- Zosteropidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Rukia
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Teardrop White-eye in your journal
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Related species in Zosteropidae
- Abyssinian White-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus)
- African Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis)
- Aldabra White-eye (Zosterops aldabrensis)
- Ambon White-eye (Zosterops kuehni)
- Anjouan White-eye (Zosterops anjuanensis)
- Annobon White-eye (Zosterops griseovirescens)
- Ashy-bellied White-eye (Zosterops citrinella)
- Australian Yellow White-eye (Zosterops luteus)