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Alternative name: Creamy-throated White-eye
Includes Bacan White-eye, Halmahera White-eye, Morotai White-eye, Obi White-eye
- Zosterops atriceps
Identification
Small passerines exhibiting fairly typical White-eye behaviour. See below for detailed description
Distribution
Halmahera and other islands in the northern Moluccas, Indonesia.
Taxonomy
The subspecies may be elevated as follows: dehaani ("Morotai White-eye", Z. dehaani), fuscifrons ("Halmahera White-eye", Z. fuscifrons) and atriceps ("Bacan White-eye", Z. atriceps).
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies [1] which may be best treated as separate species [2]:
- Z. a. dehaani: "Morotai White-eye". Morotai
- Z. a. fuscifrons: "Halmahera White-eye". Halmahera
- Z. a. atriceps: "Bacan White-eye".
A population on Obi belongs to an undescribed (sub)species.
Habitat
Lowland Forest.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cream-throated White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cream-throated_White-eye
