Alternative name: Vanuatu White-eye
- Zosterops flavifrons
Identification
11·5–12·5 cm (4½-5 in)
Male
- Yellowish-green upperparts
- Yellow-green or yellow underparts (depending on subspecies)
- Yellow forehead
- White eye-ring
- Dark grey legs and feet
- Bill
- brown upper mandible
- pinkish lower mandible
Female and immature birds are paler
Immature birds have a narrower eye-ring
Distribution
Taxonomy
Splitting this taxon into three species may be justified (Taxonomy forum thread).
Subspecies
There are seven subspecies:
- Z. f. gauensis:
- Gau Island (northern Vanuatu)
- Z. f. perplexus:
- Vanua Lava Island (northern Vanuatu)
- Z. f. brevicauda:
- Northern Vanuatu (Malo and Espíritu Santo)
- Z. f. macgillivrayi:
- Malekula Island (Vanuatu)
- Z. f. efatensis:
- Vanuatu (Nguna, Efate and Erromanga)
- Z. f. flavifrons:
- Tanna Island (Vanuatu)
- Z. f. majusculus:
- Aneityum Island (Vanuatu)
Habitat
Primary and secondary forests, plantations, scrub, areas with scattered trees and gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of arthropods and insects such as beetles. Fruit and fruit seeds, nectar and maybe buds. In addition to insect eggs and larvae.
Breeding
The cup-shaped nest is built from grass, bark and spider webs. The clutch consists of 3 bluish-white eggs.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2015)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-fronted White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-fronted_White-eye
