White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Green-backed White-eye (Zosterops xanthochroa) - HBW 13, p. 467
French: Zostérops à dos vert
German: Waldbrillenvogel
Spanish: Anteojitos Dorsiverde
Other common names: New Caledonian White-eye
Taxonomy: Zosterops xanthochroa G. R. Gray, 1859, Nu, New Caledonia.
Affinities unclear; may form a superspecies with Z. explorator, Z. flavifrons and Z. minutus. Monotypic.
Distribution: New Caledonia, including I of Pines (off SE coast), and S Loyalty Is (Maré).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, carrying nesting material. Locality Farino, New Caledonia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 4.6 -
A bird in a bush, foraging. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2010 1 year ago 38 sec 4.3 -
Two birds preening in a tree and both flying away. Locality Parc des Grandes Fougères, New Caledonia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 3.8 -
Two birds heteropreening. Locality Parc Zoologique et Forestier, Nouméa, New Caledonia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 October 2010 1 year ago 32 sec 3
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A bird eating "honey" an hunting fly on Grevillea exul ssp. rubiginosa flowers.
Locality Prony, New Caledonia
Frédéric Desmoulins 1 November 2009 1 year ago 4.6 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 4 July 2007 2 years ago 3.7
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Single note calls by one bird. Locality Parc Zoologique et Forestier, Nouméa, New Caledonia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 October 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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