White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Ashy-bellied White-eye (Zosterops citrinella) - HBW 13, p. 454
French: Zostérops pâle
German: Zitronenbrillenvogel
Spanish: Anteojitos Pálido
Other common names: (Australian) Silvereye(!); (Australian) Pale White-eye (sometimes includes Z. chloris); Alor White-eye (harterti); White-bellied White-eye (albiventris)
Taxonomy: Z[osterops] citrinella Bonaparte, 1850, Timor.
Forms a superspecies with Z. chloris, and sometimes Z. grayi and Z. uropygialis included in same superspecies; possibly closely related to Z. consobrinorum. Has sometimes been treated as conspecific with Z. flavus, Z. chloris and Z. luteus, and sometimes with Z. palpebrosus. Birds of this species recorded on Lomblen (EC Lesser Sundas) of uncertain racial identity, provisionally included in harterti; those from Lucipara Is (in Banda Sea) provisionally included in albiventris. Proposed race intercalatus (from Sumba) me.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with Z. chloris, and sometimes Z. grayi and Z. uropygialis included in same superspecies; possibly closely related to Z. consobrinorum. Has sometimes been treated as conspecific with Z. flavus, Z. chloris and Z. luteus, and sometimes with Z. palpebrosus. Birds of this species recorded on Lomblen (EC Lesser Sundas) of uncertain racial identity, provisionally included in harterti; those from Lucipara Is (in Banda Sea) provisionally included in albiventris. Proposed race intercalatus (from Sumba) merged with nominate; griseiventris (Tanimbar Is), bassetti (Damar I) and lettiensis (Leti I) subsumed in albiventris. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- citrinella Bonaparte, 1850 - Sumba, Savu, Timor and Roti (including islets of Ndana and Ndao).
- harterti Stresemann, 1912 - Lomblen and Alor, in EC Lesser Sundas.
- albiventris Reichenbach, 1852 - Lucipara Is and Gunungapi (in Banda Sea), Wetar, Romang, Damar, Teun, Kisar, Leti, Moa, Luang, Sermata, Babar, Tanimbar Is (Molu, Lutu, Yamdena, Larat, Selaru); islands in Torres Straits (Warrior, Deliverance, Cairncross), and islets off extreme NE Australia off (Eborac S to Rocky Islets, off NE Cape York Peninsula).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving in dense vegetation. Locality Leti, Lesser Sundas (ssp albiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2011 1 year ago 29 sec 3 -
short video perched bird Locality West Timor (Indonesia), Timor, Lesser Sundas (ssp citrinella)
mark sutton 20 June 2009 3 years ago 5 sec 3 -
A bird moving in a tree while calling repeatedly and flicking the wings. Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp albiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 1 year ago 41 sec 2.8 -
A bird self-preening and two heteropreening in a leafy tree. Locality Alor, Lesser Sundas (ssp harterti)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 2.5 -
Slow-motioned view of a bird eating a fruit in a tree. Locality Alor, Lesser Sundas (ssp harterti)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2011 1 year ago 14 sec 2.2
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A perched bird, one of a small flock.
Locality Sumba, Lesser Sundas (ssp citrinella)
mehdhalaouate 29 November 2005 3 years ago 3.7 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Leti, Lesser Sundas (ssp albiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2011 1 year ago 2.6 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp albiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 1 year ago 2.2
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A bird calling repeatedly. Locality Yamdena, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas
(ssp albiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Calls given by several birds while feeding in a fruiting tree. Locality Alor, Lesser Sundas
(ssp harterti)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2011 1 year ago 3.3
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