Dark-eyed white-eye
| Dark-eyed white-eye | |
|---|---|
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. tetiparius |
| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops tetiparius Murphy, 1929 | |
The dark-eyed white-eye (Zosterops tetiparius) is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is found in the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
Z. t. paradoxus is found only on Rendova and Z. t. tetiparius only on Tetepare.[1][2] The subspecies have never been recorded away from their respective home islands which lie just 3.4 km apart.[3]
References
- ↑ Internet Bird Collection. "Solomon White-eye (Zosterops kulambangrae)". Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ↑ Mees, G. F. (1955). "The name of the white-eye from Rendova Island (Solomon Islands)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 33 (28): 99–100.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst & Jared M. Diamond (2001). The Birds of Northern Melanesia: Speciation, Ecology and Biogeography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514170-2.
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