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Japanese White-eye
The Japanese white-eye (''Zosterops japonicus'') is a former species designation of birds in the white-eye family. Since 2018, it has been divided into two species: * Swinhoe's white-eye, ''Zosterops simplex'' * Warbling white-eye The warbling white-eye (''Zosterops japonicus'') is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. The specific epithet is occasionally written ''japonica'', but this is incorrect due to the gender of the genus. Its native range includes much of ..., ''Zosterops japonicus'' References {{Animal common name Birds by common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-eye
The white-eyes are a family, Zosteropidae, of small passerine birds native to tropical, subtropical and temperate Sub-Saharan Africa, southern and eastern Asia, and Australasia. White-eyes inhabit most tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Guinea. Discounting some widespread members of the genus '' Zosterops'', most species are endemic to single islands or archipelagos. The silvereye, ''Zosterops lateralis'', naturally colonised New Zealand, where it is known as the "wax-eye" or ''tauhou'' ("stranger"), from 1855. The silvereye has also been introduced to the Society Islands in French Polynesia, while the Japanese white-eye has been introduced to Hawaii. Characteristics White-eyes are mostly of undistinguished appearance, the plumage being generally greenish olive above, and pale grey below. Some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast, or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As their common name implies, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swinhoe's White-eye
Swinhoe's white-eye (''Zosterops simplex'') is a bird species in the white-eye family, Zosteropidae.It is found in eastern China, Taiwan, north Vietnam, the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Additionally, populations have also been introduced to Southern California. Taxonomy Swinhoe's white-eye was formally described in 1861 by the English naturalist Robert Swinhoe, who assigned it the binomial name ''Zosterops simplex''. The genus ''Zosterops'' had been introduced by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words ''zōstēros'' meaning "belt" or "girdle" and ''ōpos'' meaning "eye". The specific epithet ''simplex'' is Latin meaning "simple" or "plain". This species was previously considered a subspecies group of the Japanese white-eye (''Zosterops japonicus''), but based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018, it was elevated it to full species status. Five subspecies are recog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warbling White-eye
The warbling white-eye (''Zosterops japonicus'') is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. The specific epithet is occasionally written ''japonica'', but this is incorrect due to the gender of the genus. Its native range includes much of East Asia, including the Russian Far East, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and the Philippines. It has been intentionally introduced to other parts of the world as a pet and as pest control, with mixed results. As one of the native species of the Japanese islands, it has been depicted in Japanese art on numerous occasions, and historically was kept as a cage bird. Taxonomy The warbling white-eye was described by the ornithologists Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1847 from a specimen collected in Japan. They coined the binomial name ''Zosterops japonicus''. The English name " Japanese white-eye" was formerly used for ''Zosterops japonicus'' and what are now the Philippine subspecies of ''Z. japonicus'' were treated as a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
