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White-eyes (Zosteropidae)

Lowland White-eye (Zosterops meyeni) - HBW 13, p. 446

French: Zostérops des Philippines German: Luzonbrillenvogel Spanish: Anteojitos Filipino
Other common names: Luzon/Philippine White-eye

Taxonomy: Zosterops meyeni Bonaparte, 1850, Luzon, Philippines.
Forms a superspecies with Z. japonicus and Z. palpebrosus, and sometimes considered conspecific with either or with both, but all appear morphologically distinct; sometimes only N race batanis is placed within Z. japonicus. In Philippines, birds of this species recently discovered on Mindoro of uncertain racial identity, provisionally included in nominate; birds from Marinduque described as race gilli, and formerly placed with Z. montanus, but now regarded as a synonym of nominate race of present species. Originally named as Dicaeum flavum.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Zosterops meyeni Bonaparte, 1850, Luzon, Philippines.
Forms a superspecies with Z. japonicus and Z. palpebrosus, and sometimes considered conspecific with either or with both, but all appear morphologically distinct; sometimes only N race batanis is placed within Z. japonicus. In Philippines, birds of this species recently discovered on Mindoro of uncertain racial identity, provisionally included in nominate; birds from Marinduque described as race gilli, and formerly placed with Z. montanus, but now regarded as a synonym of nominate race of present species. Originally named as Dicaeum flavum, but that name preoccupied. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • batanis McGregor, 1907 - islands of Lan Yü and Lü Tao, off SE Taiwan, and Batan Is, in extreme N Philippines.
  • meyeni Bonaparte, 1850 - Calayan, Luzon, Lubang, Verde, Mindoro, Caluya, Marinduque and Banton, in N & NC Philippines.

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