Meguro (English spelling) Bonin Islands honeyeater

Japanese: メグロ(目黒) - メグロ（英語表記）Bonin Islands honeyeater

A passerine bird of the honeyeater family (illustration). Total length about 14 cm. At first glance, it is a small bird that resembles a Japanese white-eye (family Eriodontidae), with a dark olive greyish back and yellow undersides. Unlike the Japanese white-eye, its forehead, area around the eyes, and face are black. Its body is slightly larger than that of a Japanese white-eye, and its beak and legs are also much larger and stronger. It is endemic to the Ogasawara Islands, and is said to inhabit the Mukojima Islands, Hahajima Islands, and Chichijima Islands, but appears to be extinct outside of the Hahajima Islands. On Hahajima Island, it lives in virgin forests and near villages, and can also be seen in coastal scrub.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スズメ目ミツスイ科の鳥（イラスト）。全長約14cm。一見メジロ(メジロ科)に似た小鳥で，背面は灰色がかった暗オリーブ色，下面は黄色い。メジロと違って，額，眼の周囲，顔が黒い。体はメジロよりひとまわり大きく，くちばしや脚もずっと大きくじょうぶである。小笠原諸島の特産で，聟島列島，母島列島，父島に生息するとされるが，母島列島以外では絶滅したようである。母島では原生林や村落の近くにすみ，海岸の低木林の中でも見かける。

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