White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
New Guinea White-eye (Zosterops novaeguineae) - HBW 13, p. 461
French:
Zostérops de Nouvelle-Guinée
German: Papuabrillenvogel
Spanish: Anteojitos Papú
Other common names: (New Guinea) Mountain White-eye
Taxonomy: Zosterops
novaeguineae Salvadori, 1878, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Possibly
related to Z. kuehni; formerly suggested affinity to either Z.
montanus or Z. lateralis not supported by morphological or
ecological characters. Lowland races (aruensis, wuroi
and magnirostris) smaller than montane ones (nominate,
wahgiensis, oreophilus, crissalis), but the two
groups have no phylogenetic significance. Birds of this species in
Kumawa Mts are of uncertain racial identity, provisionally placed in
nominate. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- novaeguineae Salvadori, 1878 - Arfak Mts and (race dubious) Kumawa Mts, in NW New Guinea.
- aruensis Mees, 1953 - Aru Is.
- wuroi Mayr & Rand, 1935 - Trans-Fly region from R Bensbach E to Fly R mouth, in lowland S New Guinea.
- novaeguineae Salvadori, 1878 - Arfak Mts and (race dubious) Kumawa Mts, in NW New Guinea.
- aruensis Mees, 1953 - Aru Is.
- wuroi Mayr & Rand, 1935 - Trans-Fly region from R Bensbach E to Fly R mouth, in lowland S New Guinea.
- magnirostris Mees, 1955 - Awar, opposite Manam I, perhaps also lower parts of Adelbert Range, in NE New Guinea.
- oreophilus Mayr, 1931 - Saruwaged Mts (Huon Peninsula), in NE New Guinea.
- wahgiensis Mayr & Gilliard, 1951 - Wahgi valley E to Okapa area, and surrounding mountains, Mt Wilhelm and Mt Orata (Eastern Highlands Province), in E New Guinea.
- crissalis Sharpe, 1884 - mountains of SE New Guinea.
- Least Concern
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