White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Seram White-eye (Zosterops stalkeri) - HBW 13, p. 456
French:
Zostérops de Céram
German: Sagobrillenvogel
Spanish:
Anteojitos de Seram
Other common names: Black-fronted White-eye(!) (within Z.
atrifrons-Z. minor species group)
Taxonomy: Zosterops
stalkeri Ogilvie-Grant, 1910, Manusela, Seram.
Forms
a superspecies with Z. atriceps, Z. atrifrons, Z.
somadikartai, Z. nehrkorni, Z. minor, Z. meeki
and Z. hypoxanthus. In past, often considered conspecific with
Z. atrifrons, but differs from that species and from other
members of superspecies in bill morphology, plumage and voice.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Seram, in SE Moluccas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
- 3.8 An adult bird ... Maluku Isl..., Oct 2012 James Eaton
