White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Crested White-eye (Lophozosterops dohertyi) - HBW 13, p. 482
French: Zostérops de Doherty
German: Schopfbrillenvogel
Spanish: Anteojitos Crestado
Other common names: Dark-crowned/Doherty’s White-eye, Crested Dark-eye
Taxonomy: Lophozosterops dohertyi E. J. O. Hartert, 1896, Tambora, Sumbawa, Lesser Sundas.
Apparently closest to L. superciliaris. The short, rather inconspicuous crest and spotted eggs are unique within family. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- dohertyi E. J. O. Hartert, 1896 - hills of Sumbawa and Satonda, in W Lesser Sunda Is.
- subcristatus E. J. O. Hartert, 1897 - hills of Flores, in WC Lesser Sunda Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Singing Male Locality Flores, Lesser Sundas (ssp subcristatus)
mark sutton 20 June 2009 2 years ago 14 sec 2.5
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