Grey-brown White-eye - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Grey White-eye

Zosterops cinereus

Includes Kosrae White-eye

Identification

10–11 cm (4-4½ in)

• Greyish-olive upperparts
• Mouse-grey crown and upper-wing coverts

Distribution

Pohnpei and Kosrae Islands, Pacific.

Taxonomy

Has been considered conspecific with Dusky White-eye.

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• Z. c. ponapensis:

• Pohnpei (east Caroline Islands) - split as Zosterops ponapensis and named Grey-brown White-eye by Gill and Donsker

• Z. c. cinereus:

• Kosrae (east Caroline Islands) - split as Zosterops cinereus and named Kosrae White-eye by Gill and Donsker

Habitat

Well vegetated areas, including gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects, small berries and seeds.

References

1. 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/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey-brown White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-brown_White-eye

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