印度尼西亞一名高級分類學家近日表示,，最早于1996年在印度尼西亞偏僻的托吉安島發(fā)現的一種鳥實際上是一個鳥類新物種。
根據印度尼西亞科學研究所發(fā)表的文章,，托吉安暗綠繡眼鳥或稱之為索馬迪卡塔暗綠繡眼鳥是以分類學家蘇卡爾賈·索馬迪卡塔的名字命名的,。索馬迪卡塔的同事穆罕默德·因德拉萬1996年最早在印尼中蘇拉威西省的三個小島沿岸發(fā)現了這種小鳥。后來他們花了數年時間,，與密歇根州立大學著名的亞洲鳥類問題專家帕梅拉·拉斯梅森合作,，最終確定這是一個新的物種。
世界自然基金會雅加達辦事處提倡保護面臨滅絕危險物種的哈伊爾·薩利赫說：“這個新物種不同于白色眼圈的暗綠繡眼鳥,。它的眼睛有一圈紅色羽毛,，而不是白色羽毛,，它的喙為深紅色。我們仍在研究這個物種的數量,，估計為1000只左右,。”
索馬迪卡塔說，這種鳥非?；钴S,，以小群行動。它的棲息地不足5000平方公里,，“我們認為它正處于滅絕的邊緣”,。
3月出版的《威爾遜鳥類學雜志》（The Wilson Journal of Ornithology）對索馬迪卡塔暗綠繡眼鳥進行了詳細介紹。（來源：新華網）
生物谷推薦原始出處：
（The Wilson Journal of Ornithology）,，DOI: 10.1676/06-051.1,，Mochamad Indrawan，Sunarto
A New White-Eye (Zosterops) from the Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Mochamad Indrawan, Pamela C. Rasmussen, and Sunarto
We encountered white-eyes (Zosterops) that did not match any known species during ornithological field observations in the Togian Islands, Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Subsequently, we collected a specimen and made tape recordings. We consider the Zosterops of the Togian Islands to be a new species that differs most strikingly from the Black-crowned White-eye (Z. atrifrons) in lacking a white eye ring and in soft-part colors. The new species has a somewhat higher-pitched, less modulated song than Z. atrifrons. It seems uncommon and has been encountered only near sea level on three small islands, and it may be best considered Endangered. This brings the number of endemic species in the Togian Islands to two and, under BirdLife International criteria, this island group (which has recently been declared a National Park) now qualifies as an Endemic Bird Area.
