Zosterops
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Zosterops is a genus of birds in the White-eye family Zosteropidae
This genus contains with 73 the highest number of species in that family. They occur in the Afrotropic ecoregion, the Indomalaya zone, and the Australasia ecozone. They can reach a length between 8 and 15 cm. Their most characteric feature is the conspicuous white feather ring around the eyes.
[edit] Species list
- African Yellow White-eye, Zosterops senegalensis, (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Broad-ringed White-eye, Zosterops poliogaster, (Heuglin, 1861)
- White-breasted White-eye, Zosterops abyssinicus, (Guerin-Meneville, 1843)
- Cape White-eye, Zosterops pallidus, (Swainson, 1838)
- Pemba White-eye, Zosterops vaughani, (Bannerman, 1924)
- Chestnut-sided White-eye, Zosterops mayottensis, (Schlegel, 1866)
- Madagascar White-eye, Zosterops maderaspatanus, (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Comoro White-eye, Zosterops mouroniensis, (Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885)
- Sao Tome White-eye, Zosterops ficedulinus, (Hartlaub, 1866)
- Annobon White-eye, Zosterops griseovirescens, (Bocage, 1893)
- Mascarene White-eye, Zosterops borbonicus, (Boddaert, 1783)
- Reunion White-eye, Zosterops olivaceus, (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Mauritius Olive White-eye, Zosterops chloronothos, (Vieillot, 1817)
- Seychelles White-eye, Zosterops modestus, (Newton, 1867)
- Sri Lanka White-eye, Zosterops ceylonensis, (Holdsworth, 1872)
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye, Zosterops erythropleurus, (Swinhoe, 1863)
- Oriental White-eye, Zosterops palpebrosus, (Temminck, 1824)
- Japanese White-eye, Zosterops japonicus, (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)
- Lowland White-eye, Zosterops meyeni, (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Enggano White-eye, Zosterops salvadorii, (Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1894)
- Bridled White-eye, Zosterops conspicillatus, (Kittlitz, 1833)
- Caroline Islands White-eye, Zosterops semperi, (Hartlaub, 1868)
- Plain White-eye, Zosterops hypolais, (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872)
- Black-capped White-eye, Zosterops atricapillus, (Salvadori, 1879)
- Everett's White-eye, Zosterops everetti, (Tweeddale, 1878)
- Yellowish White-eye, Zosterops nigrorum, (Tweeddale, 1878)
- Mountain White-eye, Zosterops montanus, (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Christmas Island White-eye, Zosterops natalis, (Lister, 1889)
- Javan White-eye, Zosterops flavus, (Horsfield, 1821)
- Yellow-bellied White-eye, Zosterops chloris, (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Ashy-bellied White-eye, Zosterops citrinellus, (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Great Kai White-eye, Zosterops grayi, (Wallace, 1864)
- Little Kai White-eye, Zosterops uropygialis, (Salvadori, 1874)
- Sulawesi White-eye, Zosterops consobrinorum, (Meyer, 1904)
- Black-ringed White-eye, Zosterops anomalous, (Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1896)
- Yellow-spectacled White-eye, Zosterops wallacei, (Finsch, 1901)
- Black-crowned White-eye, Zosterops atrifrons, (Wallace, 1864)
- Sangihe White-eye, Zosterops nehrkorni
- Seram White-eye, Zosterops stalkeri
- Cream-throated White-eye, Zosterops atriceps, (Gray, 1860)
- Black-fronted White-eye, Zosterops minor, (Meyer, 1875)
- White-throated White-eye, Zosterops meeki, (Hartert, 1898)
- Black-headed White-eye, Zosterops hypoxanthus, (Salvadori, 1881)
- Biak White-eye, Zosterops mysorensis, (Meyer, 1875)
- Capped White-eye, Zosterops fuscicapillus, (Salvadori, 1876)
- Buru White-eye, Zosterops buruensis, (Salvadori, 1878)
- Ambon White-eye, Zosterops kuehni, (Hartert, 1906)
- New Guinea White-eye, Zosterops novaeguineae, (Salvadori, 1878)
- Australian Yellow White-eye, Zosterops luteus, (Gould, 1843)
- Louisiade White-eye, Zosterops griseotinctus, (Gray, 1858)
- Rennell White-eye, Zosterops rennellianus, (Murphy, 1929)
- Banded White-eye, Zosterops vellalavella, (artert, 1908)
- Ganongga White-eye, Zosterops splendidus, (Hartert, 1929)
- Splendid White-eye, Zosterops luteirostris, (Hartert, 1904)
- Solomon Islands White-eye, Zosterops kulambangrae, (Rothschild & Hartert, 1901)
- Kulambangra White-eye, Zosterops murphyi, (Hartert, 1929)
- Yellow-throated White-eye, Zosterops metcalfii, (Tristram, 1894)
- Grey-throated White-eye, Zosterops rendovae, (Tristram, 1882)
- Malaita White-eye, Zosterops stresemanni, (Mayr, 1931)
- Santa Cruz White-eye, Zosterops santaecrucis, (Tristram, 1894)
- Large Lifou White-eye, Zosterops inornatus, (Layard, 1878)
- Green-backed White-eye, Zosterops xanthochrous, (Gray, 1859)
- Small Lifou White-eye, Zosterops minutus, (Layard, 1878)
- Lord Howe White-eye, Zosterops tephropleurus, (Gould, 1855)
- Slender-billed White-eye, Zosterops tenuirostris, (Gould, 1837)
- White-chested White-eye, Zosterops albogularis, (Gould, 1837)
- Layard's White-eye, Zosterops explorator, (Layard, 1875)
- Silvereye, Zosterops lateralis, (Latham, 1802)
- Yellow-fronted White-eye, Zosterops flavifrons, (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
- Samoan White-eye, Zosterops samoensis, (Murphy & Mathews, 1929 )
- Dusky White-eye,, Zosterops finschii, (Hartlaub, 1868)
- Grey White-eye, Zosterops cinereus, (Kittlitz, 1832)
- Yap White-eye, Zosterops oleagineus, (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872)
- Zosterops kirki, (Shelley, 1880)
- Zosterops strenuus, (Gould, 1855) (extinct)
[edit] External links
- Zosterops videos on the Internet Bird Collection
