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Meratus White-eye
- Scientific name
- Zosterops meratusensis
- Family
- Zosteropidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Rounded
- Tail shape
- Rounded
Where it came from
The Meratus White-eye, Zosterops meratusensis, was formally identified and described in 2011 by ornithologists researching the isolated avifauna of the Meratus Mountains in South Kalimantan, Borneo. Its discovery highlights the unique evolutionary history of these highlands, which act as a sky island that has facilitated the speciation of various endemic taxa separated from the lowland populations of the island.
The species is characterized by its distinct rounded wing and tail morphology, physical traits that are adaptive for the dense, high-altitude montane forest environment it inhabits. Its design, if one may call the product of natural selection such, favors maneuverability within the cluttered canopy over long-distance migration, a functional elegance that has earned it fascination among taxonomists focused on the bio-geography of the Sunda Shelf.
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