White-eyes (Zosteropidae)

Lemon-bellied White-eye (Zosterops chloris) - HBW 13, p. 453

French: Zostérops à ventre citron German: Molukkenbrillenvogel Spanish: Anteojitos Ventrilimón
Other common names: Moluccan/Banda/Yellow/Yellow-bellied/Large Bridled/Mangrove White-eye; Pale White-eye (sometimes includes Z. citrinella)

Taxonomy: Z[osterops] chloris Bonaparte, 1850, Banda Archipelago, Banda Sea.
Forms a superspecies with Z. citrinella, and sometimes Z. grayi and Z. uropygialis included in same superspecies; relationship with Z. consobrinorum uncertain. Has sometimes been treated as conspecific with Z. flavus, Z. citrinella and Z. luteus. Described races majauensis (from Mayu I) and tudjuensis (Tujuh I) merged with nominate; solombensis (Masalembu Is), zachlora (Laut Kecil Is) and periplectus (Lombok) subsumed in maxi; and sumbavensis (Bima, in E Sumbawa) and kalaotuae (Kalaotoa I) synonymized with intermedius. In Sulawesi, racial identity of birds in NE arm of mainland, on Dodepo I (in N Tomini Bay) and on Kabaena I (off SE Sulawesi) unclear; all provisionally placed with intermedius, but those on Dodepo and Kabaena possibly represent undescribed races. Five subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

chloris Bonaparte, 1850 - Mayu I (half-way between Sulawesi and Halmahera), Schildpad Is (N of Misool), Tujuh (off N Seram), Banda, Manuk, Seram Laut, Tayandu, Kai, Taam (off Kai), and outliers of Aru Is (Babi, Karang, Enu).
mentoris Meise, 1952 - NC Sulawesi.
flavissimus E. J. O. Hartert, 1903 - Tukangbesi Is, off SE Sulawesi.

See all 5 subspecies

chloris Bonaparte, 1850 - Mayu I (half-way between Sulawesi and Halmahera), Schildpad Is (N of Misool), Tujuh (off N Seram), Banda, Manuk, Seram Laut, Tayandu, Kai, Taam (off Kai), and outliers of Aru Is (Babi, Karang, Enu).
mentoris Meise, 1952 - NC Sulawesi.
flavissimus E. J. O. Hartert, 1903 - Tukangbesi Is, off SE Sulawesi.
intermedius Wallace, 1864 - E & S Sulawesi, Dodepo I, Kabaena, Muna, Butung (but not recorded from SE peninsula), small islands in Flores Sea (Tanakeke, Salayar, Tanahjampea, Kalao, Bonerate, Kalaotoa, Madu), and C Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa, Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Palu, Besar, Sabolan Besar).
maxi Finsch, 1907 - Karimata Is (off W Borneo), islets S & E of Belitung, islands in Bay of Jakarta (Seribu Is), Karimunjawa Is, Gili (off Bawean I), Laut Kecil Is, Kangean Is, Menjangan (off NW Bali), Nusa Penida, and Lombok.