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The Golden

White-eye

is a species

of bird in

the white-eye family

Zosteropidae. It is the

only species within the

genus Cleptornis. TheGolden White-eye was

once considered to be a

honeyeater in the family

Meliphagidae and

although it is now known

to be a white-eye, its

position within that family

is still uncertain. The

species is restricted to the

islands of Saipan andAguijan in the Northern

Mariana Islands, where it

is sympatric (shares its

range) and competes with

the related Bridled

White-eye. The Golden

White-eye has golden

plumage and a pale

eye-ring. It feeds on

insects, fruit, and nectar

and forages in pairs or

small family groups. The

bird is monogamous and

lays two eggs in a small

cup nest. Fossil evidence

shows the Golden

White-eye once also

occurred on Tinian and

Rota but was extirpated inthose locations through

the impact of human

activities. Despite its

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