White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Black-headed White-eye (Zosterops hypoxanthus) - HBW 13, p. 457
French:
Zostérops des Bismarck
German: Schwarzkopf-Brillenvogel
Spanish:
Anteojitos de las Bismarck
Other common names: Bismarck Black-fronted/Bismarck (Yellow-bellied)
White-eye
Taxonomy: Zosterops
hypoxantha Salvadori, 1881, New Britain.
Forms
a superspecies with Z. atriceps, Z. atrifrons, Z.
somadikartai, Z. nehrkorni, Z. stalkeri, Z.
minor and Z. meeki. Sometimes considered conspecific with
Z. minor, and has been thought to be conspecific with Z.
fuscicapilla. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- admiralitatis Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1914 - Manus I (Admiralty Is), in Bismarck Archipelago.
- ultimus Mayr, 1955 - islands of New Hanover and New Ireland (Bismarcks).
- hypoxanthus Salvadori, 1881 - Umboi I, New Britain, Watom I and Mioko I (Duke of York).
- Least Concern
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