White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii) - HBW 13, p. 461
French: Zostérops à gorge jaune
German: Goldkehl-Brillenvogel
Spanish: Anteojitos Goliamarillo
Other common names: Solomon Yellow-throated/Bukida/Metcalfe’s White-eye
Taxonomy: Zosterops metcalfii Tristram, 1894, Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands.
Affinities unclear. Geographic variation is not very pronounced and mainly exists in presence or absence of eye-ring. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- exiguus Murphy, 1929 - Buka, Bougainville, Shortland Is and Choiseul, in N Solomon Is.
- metcalfii Tristram, 1894 - Santa Isabel and San Jorge, in NC Solomons.
- floridanus Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1901 - Florida Is, in EC Solomons.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A dorsal view of an individual perched in a tree, singing once. Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands (ssp metcalfii)
Josep del Hoyo 4 October 2010 1 year ago 22 sec 3.1 -
A bird in a tree, singing and preening. Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands (ssp metcalfii)
Josep del Hoyo 4 October 2010 1 year ago 56 sec 3
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A bird in a tree with a caterpillar in the beak.
Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands (ssp metcalfii)
Josep del Hoyo 4 October 2010 1 year ago 2
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A bird singing three times. Locality Tirotonga, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp metcalfii)
Josep del Hoyo 4 October 2010 1 year ago 4
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