Cream-throated White-eye

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Alternative name: Creamy-throated White-eye

Includes Bacan White-eye, Halmahera White-eye, Morotai White-eye, Obi White-eye

Photo by martinuk
Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, October, 2009

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 tested as separate species [2]:

• Z. a. dehaani: "Morotai White-eye". Morotai
• Z. a. fuscifrons: "Halmahera White-eye". Halmahera
• Z. a. atriceps: "Bacan White-eye".

The population on Obi belongs to an undescribed (sub)species.

Habitat

Lowland Forest.

References

1. 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/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cream-throated White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cream-throated_White-eye

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