White-chested White-eye

It had a length up 13 to 14 centimetres and therefore it was one of the largest white-eyes ever recorded. Its wingspan was 7.5 cm and its weight was about 30 grams. Its appearance was characterised by a pale green head, an olive green coloured neck and white throat and belly parts. A further feature of the bird was a conspicuous eye ring of white feathers. Males and females were coloured similarly. Its diet consisted of fruits, berries, nectar, and insects. Its only habitat was a 5 km² large forested area around Mount Pitt on Norfolk Island where it lived solitary. In the breeding season from October to December, the couple would build a cup-shaped nest in which around two white eggs were laid. The incubation time would last eleven days and the juveniles would become fully fledged another eleven days later.