Saipan Is. Note solid brown upperparts with white cap.
Saipan Is. Note bold white eye-ring; dark, thin bill with thin dark stripe at the base of the bill; olive-green above. As I understand it, the nominate species, the Bridled White-eye (Zosterops conspicillatus), was formerly found on Guam, and was last recorded in 1983 and is now extinct (del Hoyo et al. 2008). The reason for the decline is not entirely clear, but the introduction of the Brown Tree-snake (Boiga irregularis) is the most likely cause (van Balen 2016).
Saipan Is. Note tiny bill; white throat; black breast patch merging into black-speckled lower breast; long pale-tipped tail. R. v. saipanensis ssp.
Saipan Is. Note tiny bill; white throat; black breast patch merging into black-speckled lower breast; long pale-tipped tail. R. v. saipanensis ssp.
The Micronesian myzomela (honeyeater) is the only bright red bird in the Marianas Islands. Note the decurved bill; dark black-brown wings/tail.
Photographed during seed collection work for the refuge. This is the largest Astragalus plant I've ever seen and they grow slowly so it must be fairly old.