- Zosterops everetti
Identification
- Olive green above
- Olive green crown, forehead and ear-coverts
- White eye-ring, broken in front
- Mostly medium grey underside
- Yellow throat
- Yellow undertail-coverts, hind flanks and thighs
- Yellow median stripe on belly and lower breast
- Brown iris
- Yellowish-lead to brown legs
Similar species
At the higher end of elevation range may overlap with Warbling White-eye
Distribution
The southern half of Philippines including Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, as well as northern Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 6 subspecies:
- Z. e.everetti:
- Philippines (Cebu)
- Z. e. basilanicus:
- Philippines (Basilan, Dinagat, Mindanao, Siargao, Camiguin Sur)
- Z. e. boholensis:
- Philippines (Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Calicoan and Biliran)
- Z. e.siquijorensis:
- Philippines (Siquijor)
- Z. e. mandibularis:
- Sulu Archipelago (Sulu, Tawitawi, Jolo, Bongao, Sanga Sanga)
- Z. e. babelo:
- Talaud Island (Karakelong and Salebabu) and northern Sulawesi
The mainland subspecies have been transferred to Hume's White-eye when it turned out they were not particularly closely related to the subspecies from these islands.
Habitat
At altitudes of near sea-level to 1000 m above in areas in or near forests and plantations.
Behaviour
Often 4-6 birds together, either in single species or multi-species foraging flocks. Food is likely similar to what other white-eyes eat: fruit, insects, and nectar.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- van Balen, B. and W. L. Limparungpatthanakij (2020). Everett's White-eye (Zosterops everetti), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman and B. K. Keeney, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.evweye1.02
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Everett's White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Everett%27s_White-eye
