Zosterops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sylvioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Sylvioidea

Familia: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species (107): Z. abyssinicus – Z. albogularis – Z. aldabrensis – Z. anderssoni – Z. anomalus – Z. atricapilla – Z. atriceps – Z. atrifrons – Z. auriventer – Z. borbonicus – Z. brunneus – Z. buruensis – Z. ceylonensis – Z. chloris – Z. chloronothos – Z. chrysolaemus – Z. cinereus – Z. citrinella – Z. consobrinorum – Z. conspicillatus – Z. crookshanki – Z. dehaani – Z. emiliae – Z. erythropleurus – Z. eurycricotus – Z. everetti – Z. explorator – Z. feae – Z. ficedulinus – Z. finschii – Z. flavifrons – Z. flavilateralis – Z. flavissimus – Z. flavus – Z. fuscicapilla – Z. gibbsi – Z. grayi – Z. griseotinctus – Z. griseovirescens – Z. hamlini – Z. hypolais – Z. hypoxanthus – Z. inornatus – Z. japonicus – Z. kikuyuensis – Z. kirki – Z. kuehni – Z. kulambangrae – Z. lacertosus – Z. lateralis – Z. leucophaeus – Z. lugubris – Z. luteirostris – Z. luteus – Z. maderaspatanus – Z. mauritianus – Z. mayottensis – Z. mbuluensis – Z. meeki – Z. melanocephalus – Z. melanurus – Z. metcalfii – Z. meyeni – Z. minor – Z. minutus – Z. modestus – Z. mouroniensis – Z. murphyi – Z. mysorensis – Z. natalis – Z. nehrkorni – Z. nigrorum – Z. novaeguineae – Z. oblitus – Z. oleagineus – Z. olivaceus – Z. pallidus – Z. palpebrosus – Z. poliogastrus – Z. ponapensis – Z. rendovae – Z. rennellianus – Z. rotensis – Z. samoensis – Z. sanctaecrucis – Z. semiflavus – Z. semperi – Z. senegalensis – Z. silvanus – Z. simplex – Z. socotranus – Z. somadikartai – Z. splendidus – Z. stalkeri – Z. stenocricotus – Z. strenuus – Z. stresemanni – Z. stuhlmanni – Z. superciliosus – Z. tenuirostris – Z. tetiparius – Z. uropygialis – Z. vaughani – Z. vellalavella – Z. virens – Z. winifredae – Z. xanthochroa
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Species transferred to other genera:

Heleia: Z. wallacei

Name

Zosterops Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

Typus: Motacilla maderaspartana Linnaeus, 1766 = Zosterops maderaspatanus

Synonyms

Speirops Reichenbach, 1852
Oreosterops Bonaparte, 1854
Parinia Hartlaub, 1857
Tephras Hartlaub, 1868
Chlorocharis Sharpe, 1888
Woodfordia North, 1906
Sanfordia Murphy & Mathews, 1929

References

Primary references

Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian Birds in the Collection of the Linnean Society; with an Attempt of Arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170–331 BHL Reference page. p. 234

Additional references

Indrawan, M. , Rasmussen, P.C. & Sunarto, S. 2008. A new white-eye (Zosterops) from the Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120 (1): 1–9. DOI: 10.1676/06-051.1 PDF Reference page.
Moyle R.G.; Filardi, C.E.; Smith, C.E.; & Diamond, J.M. 2009. Explosive Pleistocene diversification and hemispheric expansion of a "great speciator". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/PNAS 106: 1863–1868. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809861105 Reference page.
Cox, S.C., Prŷs-Jones, R.P., Habel, J.C., Amakobe, B.A. & Day, J.J. 2014. Niche divergence promotes rapid diversification of East African sky island white-eyes (Aves: Zosteropidae). Molecular Ecology 23(16): 4103–4118. DOI: 10.1111/mec.12840 PDF. Reference page.
Lim, B.T.M.; Sadanandan, K.R.; Dingle, C.; Leung, Y.Y.; Prawiradilaga, D.M., Irham, M.; Ashari, H.; Lee, J.G.H.; & Rheindt, F.E. 2018. Molecular evidence suggests radical revision of species limits in the great speciator white-eye genus Zosterops. Journal of Ornithology 160: 1–16. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-018-1583-7 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Gewone Glasogie
Deutsch: Brillenvogel
English: White-eye
español: Ojiblancos
فارسی: چشم‌سفید
suomi: Rillit
français: Zostérops
Bahasa Indonesia: Kacamata
日本語: メジロ属
қазақша: Аққабақтар
Nederlands: Brilvogel
norsk nynorsk: Brillefugl
polski: Szlarnik
русский: Белоглазки
svenska: Glasögonfågel
中文: 绣眼鸟属

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