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Rota white-eye

Zosterops rotensis Taka-Tsukasa & Yamashina, 1931

CRCritically Endangeredsongbirds

The rota white-eye (Zosterops rotensis) is a species in the family Zosteropidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 8.6 g to 10 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Rota white-eye (Zosterops rotensis)
Photo: (c) Andria Kroner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the rota white-eye

Weight
8.6 g – 10 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the rota white-eye live?

Not recorded

What is the rota white-eye?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Rota white-eye or Rota bridled white-eye (Zosterops rotensis) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is critically endangered and endemic to Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands, where it mainly occurs in mature, wet limestone forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Rota white-eye” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rota_white-eye&oldid=1314835284), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the rota white-eye endangered?

The rota white-eye is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Critically Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the rota white-eye classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyZosteropidae
  6. genusZosterops
  7. SpeciesZosterops rotensis Taka-Tsukasa & Yamashina, 1931

Synonyms Zosterops conspicillatus roatensis, Zosterops conspicillatus rotensis, Zosterops semperi rotensis

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Rota bridled white-eyeEnglish
  • Rota bridled white-eyeEnglish
  • zostèrops de l'illa RotaCatalan
  • Nosa LutaChamorro
  • kruhoočko sabenskéCzech
  • Rota BrillefuglDanish
  • RotabrillenvogelGerman
  • rotaa zosteropoEsperanto
  • Anteojitos de RotaSpanish
  • Anteojitos de la RotaSpanish
  • rotasaarenrilliFinnish
  • Zostérops de RotaFrench
  • marijanska bjelookaCroatian
  • Occhialino di RotaItalian
  • ロタメジロJapanese
  • マリアナキメジロJapanese
  • rotinis baltavokisLithuanian
  • RotabrilvogelDutch
  • szlarnik żółtawyPolish
  • روٹا چٹی اکھWestern Panjabi
  • olho-branco-de-rotaPortuguese
  • olho-branco-de-rotiPortuguese
  • Ротанская белоглазкаRussian
  • Ротасская белоглазкаRussian
  • okánik jantárovýSlovak
  • rotaglasögonfågelSwedish
  • Rota GözlükçüsüTurkish
  • окулярник ротійськийUkrainian
  • 罗岛绣眼鸟Chinese
  • 羅塔韁紋繡眼Chinese

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Relatives of the rota white-eye

Other species in the same genus Zosterops.

LC, Least Concern

Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis

ZosteropidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the rota white-eye?

An adult rota white-eye weighs 8.6 g – 10 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the rota white-eye endangered?

The rota white-eye is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the rota white-eye?

The rota white-eye (Zosterops rotensis) belongs to the family Zosteropidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rota white-eye (Zosterops rotensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rota-white-eye

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BibTeX
@misc{rota_white_eye_2026,
  title = {Rota white-eye (Zosterops rotensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rota-white-eye},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}