White-eyes (Zosteropidae)

Kolombangara Mountain White-eye (Zosterops murphyi) - HBW 13, p. 464

French: Zostérops de Murphy German: Murphybrillenvogel Spanish: Anteojitos de Murphy
Other common names: Hermit/Murphy’s/Kulumbangra White-eye

Taxonomy: Zosterops murphyi E. J. O. Hartert, 1929, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands.
Very large white-eye, morphologically extremely similar to and possibly very closely related to Z. griseotinctus; may belong to the superspecies formed by latter and Z. rennellianus, Z. vellalavella, Z. splendidus, Z. luteirostris and Z. kulambangrae. Monotypic.

Distribution: Kolombangara (New Georgia Group), in WC Solomon Is.