White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Yellow-fronted White-eye (Zosterops flavifrons) - HBW 13, p. 465
French: Zostérops à front jaune
German: Gelbstirn-Brillenvogel
Spanish: Anteojitos Frentigualdo
Other common names: Vanuatu/Yellow White-eye
Taxonomy: Muscicapa flavifrons J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Tanna Island, Vanuatu.
Affinities obscure; may form a superspecies with Z. explorator, Z. minutus and Z. xanthochroa. Race perplexus sometimes synonymized with macgillivrayi, and efatensis with gauensis; further study needed. Seven subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- perplexus Murphy & Mathews, 1929 - extreme N & NE Vanuatu from Banks Is (Vanua Lava, Mere Lava) S to Maéwo, Aoba, Pentecost, Ambrym, Paama, Lopévi, Épi, Tongoa and Émaé.
- gauensis Murphy & Mathews, 1929 - Santa María I (Gaua), in N Vanuatu.
- brevicauda Murphy & Mathews, 1929 - Espíritu Santo and Malo, in NW Vanuatu.
- perplexus Murphy & Mathews, 1929 - extreme N & NE Vanuatu from Banks Is (Vanua Lava, Mere Lava) S to Maéwo, Aoba, Pentecost, Ambrym, Paama, Lopévi, Épi, Tongoa and Émaé.
- gauensis Murphy & Mathews, 1929 - Santa María I (Gaua), in N Vanuatu.
- brevicauda Murphy & Mathews, 1929 - Espíritu Santo and Malo, in NW Vanuatu.
- macgillivrayi Sharpe, 1900 - Malakula, in NC Vanuatu.
- efatensis Mayr, 1937 - Nguna, Éfaté and Erromango, in SC Vanuatu.
- flavifrons (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Tanna, Aniwa and Futuna (Erronan), in S Vanuatu.
- majusculus Murphy & Mathews, 1929 - Anatom (Aneityum), in extreme S Vanuatu.
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A bird feeding.
Locality Tanna Island, Tafea Province, Vanuatu (ssp flavifrons)
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