White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Citrine White-eye (Zosterops semperi) - HBW 13, p. 448
French: Zostérops de Semper
German: Semperbrillenvogel
Spanish: Anteojitos de las Carolinas
Other common names: Caroline (Islands) White-eye
Taxonomy: Zosterops semperi Hartlaub, 1868, Palau Islands.
Forms a superspecies with Z. rotensis, Z. conspicillatus 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. Geographical variation minimal, but races separated by large geographical distances. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- semperi Hartlaub, 1868 - Palau Is.
- owstoni E. J. O. Hartert, 1900 - Chuuk (high islands within the atoll: Weno, Udot, Fefan, Fana, Dublon, Uman and Fanabeguets), in E Caroline Is.
- takatsukasai Momiyama, 1922 - Pohnpei I, in EC Caroline Is.
- Least Concern
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