White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Black-fronted White-eye (Zosterops minor) - HBW 13, p. 457
French:
Zostérops mineur
German: Neuguineabrillenvogel
Spanish:
Anteojitos Menor
Other common names: (Papuan/New Guinea) Black-fronted/(Papuan)
Mountain(!) White-eye (minor and gregarius);
Arfak/Arfak Black-fronted/Arfak Yellow-throated White-eye
(chrysolaemus); Small (Black-fronted) White-eye (delicatulus)
Taxonomy: Zosterops
albiventer minor A. B. Meyer, 1874, Yapen Island, New Guinea.
Forms
a superspecies with Z. atriceps, Z. atrifrons, Z.
somadikartai, Z. nehrkorni, Z. stalkeri, Z.
meeki and Z. hypoxanthus. Sometimes considered conspecific
with Z. atrifrons, Z. meeki and Z. hypoxanthus.
Distinctive nominate race possibly represents a separate species from
other three races; review desirable. Proposed race rothschildi
(described from Gebroeders Mts, in Weyland Range), attributed to
birds from Weyland Mts in W part of species’ range and Adelbert
Mts in NE, better treated as hybrid o.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with Z. atriceps, Z. atrifrons, Z. somadikartai, Z. nehrkorni, Z. stalkeri, Z. meeki and Z. hypoxanthus. Sometimes considered conspecific with Z. atrifrons, Z. meeki and Z. hypoxanthus. Distinctive nominate race possibly represents a separate species from other three races; review desirable. Proposed race rothschildi (described from Gebroeders Mts, in Weyland Range), attributed to birds from Weyland Mts in W part of species’ range and Adelbert Mts in NE, better treated as hybrid or intergrade between nominate race and chrysolaemus; tenuifrons (from Wau, in Morobe District of E New Guinea) is synonymized with chrysolaemus; and pallidogularis (from Fergusson I, in D’Entrecasteaux Is) is considered indistinguishable from delicatulus. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- minor A. B. Meyer, 1874 - Yapen I, and N watershed of mainland New Guinea (Cyclops Mts, Weyland Mts and Nassau Mts) E to Sepik Mts and Adelbert Mts.
- chrysolaemus Salvadori, 1876 - mountains of Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts, Farfak Mts), S watershed of New Guinea, and Herzog Mts E to Hydrographer Range.
- gregarius Mayr, 1933 - NE New Guinea (Huon Peninsula).
- delicatulus Sharpe, 1882 - S slopes of mountains of SE New Guinea (E to Milne Bay), and D’Entrecasteaux Is (Goodenough I, Fergusson I).
- Least Concern
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