Long-billed White-eye
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The Long-billed White-eye (Rukia longirostra) is a species of bird
Bird
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 in the Zosteropidae family.
It is endemic to the island of Pohnpei
Pohnpei
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 in the Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia
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Its natural habitat
Habitat
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s are subtropical and tropical moist forest
Forest
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s, and plantation
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It is threatened by habitat loss.

It has a curious nuthatch-like behavior of creeping along large tree limbs, and seems particularly specialized in using its long slightly-decurved bill to extract arthropods from the severed ends of branches.

Long-billed White-eye seems quite distinct in both plumage, structure, and habits from other Rukia and may deserve a change of genus, possibly to Zosterops.
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