Lord Howe Island Grey-backed White-eye (Zosterops lateralis tephropleura)

last observed ca. 1920 on Lord Howe Island
island montane forest brush dweller omnivore endemic to Lord Howe Island, Pacific Ocean
disappeared after introduction of rats from June 1918 nine-day Mokambo grounding at Ned's Beach, then of 100 owls introduced to control the rats ca. 1920
References:

Fuller, E. Extinct Birds of the World QL676.8.F85 1987 ISBN 0-8160-1833-2 p.183

Greenway, J. C. Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World QL676.7.G7 1967 p.427

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