Oriental White-eye

Order - Passeriformes 雀形目
Family - Zosteropidae 绣眼鸟科 (White-eyes and Yuhinas)
Genus - Zosterops 绣眼鸟属

Oriental White-eye

Zosterops palpebrosus

灰腹绣眼鸟

    Size : 9.6–11 cm; 5.6–11 g

             

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Zosterops palpebrosus palpebrosus (Temminck, 1824) – Oriental White-eye 
  – SE Arabia (Mahawt I, in Oman); S Iran (Khoor-e-Azini, Jask, Khoor-e-Khalasi, Khoor-e-Neyzei), NE Afghanistan, Pakistan and N India E to S China (SE Xizang, SW Sichuan and Yunnan E to SW Guangxi) and Myanmar (except S & SE).
• Zosterops palpebrosus nilgiriensis (Ticehurst, 1927)
  – S Western Ghats (hills of S Karnataka and W Tamil Nadu), in SW India.
• Zosterops palpebrosus salimalii (Whistler, 1933)
  – S Eastern Ghats (Shevaroy, Chitteri, Seshachalam, Nallamalai), in SE India.
• Zosterops palpebrosus egregius (Madarász, 1911)
  – lowlands of India, Laccadive Is and Sri Lanka.
• Zosterops palpebrosus siamensis (Blyth, 1867)
  – S Myanmar (Pegu, Kayah, Kayin), N, E & SE Thailand and NW Indochina.
• Zosterops palpebrosus nicobaricus (Blyth, 1845)
  – Andaman Is and Nicobar Is (except S).
• Zosterops palpebrosus williamsoni (Robinson & Kloss, 1919)
  – Gulf of Thailand coast (from Bangkok S to Pattani) and W Cambodia.
• Zosterops palpebrosus auriventer (A. O. Hume, 1878)
  – extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim), W coast of S Thailand, W & SE Peninsular Malaysia (including islands of Ra, Libong, Pinang, Kelang Estuary Group and Pisang off W coast, and Tioman off E coast), Singapore, E coastal areas of Sumatra, Riau Is (Kundur), Bangka I, S Natuna Is and Borneo (W Sarawak, Brunei).
• Zosterops palpebrosus buxtoni (Nicholson, 1879)
  – highlands of Sumatra, and extreme W Java (Bantam and Bogor).
• Zosterops palpebrosus melanurus (Hartlaub, 1865) – Sunda White-eye
  – Java and Bali.
• Zosterops palpebrosus unicus (E. J. O. Hartert, 1897)
  – Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa and Flores).

Date : 24 December 2017

二号塘, 旱龙寨, 百花岭, 高黎贡山国家自然保护区, 隆阳区, 保山市, 云南省, 中国

Hide 2, HanLongZhai, BaiHuaLing, Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve,
Longyang Qu, Baoshan Prefecture-level City, Yunnan Province, China

Here’s the formal list of the new species, with subspecies and ranges; the subspecies with an asterisk have undergone a name change because of reorganization under a different species; all the below species are reconstituted, but the ones that have a change to the English name associated with the scientific name have two asterisks

††Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus

• Zosterops palpebrosus occidentis northeastern Afghanistan east to western Himalayas, and northern and central India
• Zosterops palpebrosus palpebrosus central and eastern Himalayas east to southern China (Sichuan, Yunnan) and Myanmar; isolated populations on Mahawt Island, Oman, and in southern Iran have been assigned to nominate palpebralis, although this requires confirmation
• Zosterops palpebrosus nilgiriensis western India (Western Ghats); most populations elsewhere in southern peninsular India are more or less similar
• Zosterops palpebrosus salimalii SE India (se Hyderabad)
• Zosterops palpebrosus egregius Sri Lanka
• Zosterops palpebrosus siamensis southern Myanmar east through Indochina
• Zosterops palpebrosus nicobaricus Andaman and Nicobar islands

†Hume’s White-eye Zosterops auriventer

• *Zosterops auriventer auriventer poorly known; documented only from southeastern Myanmar
• *Zosterops auriventer tahanensis southern Thai-Malay Peninsula
• *Zosterops auriventer wetmorei southern Thailand and the northern Thai-Malay Peninsula
• *Zosterops auriventer medius Borneo

†Sangkar White-eye Zosterops melanurus

• *Zosterops melanurus buxtoni western Java; a population on Sumatra also has been assigned to buxtoni, but the identification of Sumatran birds as buxtoni has been questioned
• *Zosterops melanurus melanurus Mts. of central and e Java and Bali

††Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus

• Zosterops japonicus japonicus southern Sakhalin Island, Japan, and the southern Korean Peninsula; partially migratory, withdrawing from Sakhalin Island and northern Japan in the nonbreeding season
• Zosterops japonicus stejnegeri Izu Is. (s Japan); introduced to Bonin Is.
• Zosterops japonicus insularis Ryukyu Is. (Tanegashima and Yakushima)
• Zosterops japonicus loochooensis Iriomote (Ryukyu Is.)
• Zosterops japonicus alani Volcano Is. (Iwo Jima and Minami-iwo-Jima)
• *Zosterops japonicus daitoensis Daito Is. (Philippine Sea)
• *Zosterops japonicus obstinatus Moluccas (Ternate, Bacan and Seram)
• *Zosterops japonicus montanus central Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, Sula Is., Buru, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor
• Zosterops japonicus difficilis S Sumatra
• *Zosterops japonicus parkesi SW Philippines (Palawan)
• *Zosterops japonicus whiteheadi N Philippines (n Luzon)
• *Zosterops japonicus diuatae S Philippines (n Mindanao)
• *Zosterops japonicus vulcani S Philippines (Mt. Apo and Mt. Katanglad on Mindanao)
• *Zosterops japonicus pectoralis Philippines (n Negros)
• *Zosterops japonicus halconensis Philippines (Mindoro)

††Swinhoe’s White-eye Zosterops simplex

• *Zosterops simplex simplex breeds in eastern China (from extreme southern Gansu east to Jiangsu, south to eastern Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian), Taiwan, and northeastern Vietnam; northern populations migratory, wintering from southeastern China to Thailand and central Indochina
• *Zosterops simplex hainanus Hainan (s China)
• *Zosterops simplex williamsoni southern Thailand and east coast of northern and central Thai-Malay Peninsula
• *Zosterops simplex erwini coastal forests of the western and southeastern Thai-Malay Peninsula, of Sumatra, the Riau Islands, Bangka, and the Natuna Islands; population of coastal western Borneo provisionally assigned here, but possibly a distinct taxon
• *Zosterops simplex salvadorii Enggano and Mega islands (off w Sumatra)

Lowland White-eye Zosterops meyeni

• Zosterops meyeni batanis Lüdao (Green) and Lanyu (Orchid) Islands (southeast of Taiwan) and Batan islands (Philippines, north of Luzon)
• Zosterops meyeni meyeni Philippines (Calayan, Luzon, Lubang, Verde, Marinduque, Banton, and Caluya)

Everett’s White-eye Zosterops everetti

• Zosterops everetti everetti Philippines (Cebu)
• Zosterops everetti basilanicus Philippines (Basilan, Dinagat, Mindanao, Siargao, Camiguin Sur)
• Zosterops everetti boholensis Philippines (Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Calicoan and Biliran)
• Zosterops everetti siquijorensis Philippines (Siquijor)
• Zosterops everetti mandibularis Sulu Archipelago (Sulu, Tawitawi, Jolo, Bongao, Sanga Sanga)
• Zosterops everetti babelo Talaud Is. (Karakelong and Salebabu) and n Sulawesi

Ashy-bellied White-eye Zosterops citrinella

• *Zosterops citrinella unicus W Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa and Flores)
• Zosterops citrinella citrinella Lesser Sundas (Timor, Rote, Sawu and Sumba)
• Zosterops citrinella albiventris Tanimbar Is. and islands off n Queensland south to Lizard I.
• Zosterops citrinella harterti Alor (e Lesser Sundas)

Indian/Swinhoe’s White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus/simplex

Hume’s/Swinhoe’s White-eye Zosterops auriventer/simplex