White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Bridled White-eye (Zosterops conspicillatus) - HBW 13, p. 447
French: Zostérops bridé
German: Guambrillenvogel
Spanish: Anteojitos Embridado
Other common names: Marianas Bridled/Spectacled White-eye; Saipan Bridled White-eye (saypani)
Taxonomy: Dicaeum conspicillatum Kittlitz, 1833, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands.
Forms a superspecies with Z. rotensis, Z. semperi and Z. hypolais; all formerly considered conspecific, but differ in plumage, vocalizations and behaviour, and treatment as separate species supported by DNA-DNA hybridization and analyses of mitochondrial DNA. Race saypani sometimes treated as a full species, but this not supported by mtDNA data, although differs vocally from nominate; further study required. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- saypani A. J. C. Dubois, 1902 - N Northern Mariana Is (Saipan, Tinian and Aguijan).
- conspicillatus (Kittlitz, 1833) - Guam.
- Endangered Enlarge map
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A pair foraging Locality Koblerville, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp saypani)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2006 4 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A bird in different branches Locality Koblerville, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp saypani)
Curt Kessler 31 January 2006 5 years ago 23 sec 3.9 -
Several birds foraging Locality Aguiguan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp saypani)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2006 4 years ago 33 sec 3.8 -
A view of the habitat and a nest with an adult feeding a nestling Locality Suicide Cliff, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp saypani)
Curt Kessler 30 November 2007 4 years ago 20 sec 3.3 -
An adult hanging at the nest and then feeding a nestling Locality Suicide Cliff, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp saypani)
Curt Kessler 30 November 2007 4 years ago 49 sec 3.3
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Specimen turning its head back
Locality Louisville Zoo, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA (United States) (ssp saypani)
Johannes Pfleiderer 27 July 2008 2 years ago 3 -
bird in a bush
Locality Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
Desmond Allen 9 March 2001 20 weeks ago 2.8
- No sound recordings available yet
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