White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Banded White-eye (Zosterops vellalavella) - HBW 13, p. 463
French:
Zostérops de Vella Lavella
German: Bänderbrillenvogel
Spanish:
Anteojitos de la Vella Lavella
Other common names: Vellalavella White-eye
Taxonomy: Zosterops
vellalavella E. J. O. Hartert, 1908, Vella Lavella, Solomon
Islands.
Forms
a superspecies with Z. griseotinctus, Z. rennellianus,
Z. splendidus, Z. luteirostris and Z. kulambangrae,
possibly with Z. murphyi also a member of same group.
Monotypic.
Distribution: New Georgia Is (Vella Lavella and Mbava), in C Solomon Is.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A bird at the initial phase of building a nest. Locality Vella Lavella Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 2 years ago 28 sec 3.7
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A bird in a tree.
Locality Vella Lavella Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 2 years ago 3.2
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A bird singing. Locality Vella Lavella Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 2 years ago 4
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