''Zosterops'' (meaning "eye-

girdle A belt, especially if a cord or rope, is called a girdle if it is worn as part of Christian liturgical vestments, or in certain historical, literary or sports contexts. Girdles are used to close a cassock in Christian denominations, including ...

") is a

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passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by th ...

birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family

Zosteropidae 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 ...

. The genus has the largest number of

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in the white-eye family. They occur in the

Afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

Indomalayan The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

, and

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea an ...

s. Typical white-eyes have a length of between . Their most characteristic feature is a conspicuous white feather ring around the eye, though some species lack it. The species in this group vary in the structural adaptations of the tongue. The ''Zosterops'' 'griseotinctus''group is an example of a "great speciator" inhabiting a vast area and showing a remarkable morphological differentiation on islands, some of which maybe as close as apart.

Systematics

The genus ''Zosterops'' was introduced by the naturalists

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and

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in 1827. The name combines the

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words ''zōstēros'' "belt" or "girdle" and ''ōpos'' "eye". The

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was designated as the Malagasy white-eye by René Lesson in 1828. The results of a series of molecular phylogenetic studies published between 2014 and 2018 prompted a major revision of species limits, in which 10 new genera were introduced. In the reorganisation, the English names of three of the existing genera were replaced. Additionally, a study on Sri Lanka white-eyes (''Zosterops ceylonensis'') and Indian white-eyes (''Zosterops palpebrosus'') suggests that the Sri Lanka white-eye is the root species and the origin of all ''Zosterops species''. This raises questions upon the former theory of Southeast Asian origin.

Species

There are over 100 species in the genus. This includes three species (denoted by a dagger † in the list below) that have become extinct since the 16th century. * Sri Lanka white-eye (''Zosterops ceylonensis'') *

Yellowish white-eye The yellowish white-eye (''Zosterops nigrorum'') or golden-yellow white-eye, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest ...

(''Zosterops nigrorum'') * Black-capped white-eye (''Zosterops atricapilla'') * Abyssinian white-eye (''Zosterops abyssinicus'') * Pale white-eye (''Zosterops flavilateralis'') * Mbulu white-eye (''Zosterops mbuluensis'') – split from ''Z. poliogastrus'' *

Chestnut-flanked white-eye The chestnut-flanked white-eye (''Zosterops erythropleurus'') is a bird in the family Zosteropidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. It is found in forests, and prefers rather deep mixed and coniferous forests. Descrip ...

(''Zosterops erythropleurus'') * Swinhoe's white-eye (''Zosterops simplex'') – split from ''Z. japonicus'' * Mountain blackeye (''Zosterops emiliae'') * Warbling white-eye (''Zosterops japonicus'') – includes Japanese white-eye and mountain white-eye * Indian white-eye (''Zosterops palpebrosus'') – formerly oriental white-eye *

Lowland white-eye The lowland white-eye (''Zosterops meyeni'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the northern part of the Philippines and the Taiwanese islands of Lüdao and Lanyu. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical m ...

(''Zosterops meyeni'') * † Marianne white-eye (''Zosterops semiflavus'') *

Karthala white-eye The Karthala white-eye (''Zosterops mouroniensis''), also known as the Mount Karthala white-eye, Grand Comore white-eye, or Comoro white-eye, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. As suggested by its name, it is endemic to '' Philippia ...

(''Zosterops mouroniensis)'' * Réunion olive white-eye (''Zosterops olivaceus'') *

Mauritius olive white-eye The Mauritius olive white-eye (''Zosterops chloronothos'', often mistakenly spelled ''Zosterops chloronothus''(2007) Rare Birds Yearbook 2008. England: MagDig Media Lmtd, 208. .) is a very rare and localized passerine from the family of white-e ...

(''Zosterops chloronothos'') * Réunion grey white-eye (''Zosterops borbonicus'') * Mauritius grey white-eye (''Zosterops mauritianus'') *

Mount Cameroon speirops The Mount Cameroon speirops or Cameroon speirops (''Zosterops melanocephalus'') is a species of bird in the disputed family Zosteropidae, which might be included in the Timaliidae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtr ...

(''Zosterops melanocephalus'') *

Forest white-eye The forest white-eye or Cameroon green white-eye (''Zosterops stenocricotus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found from southeastern Nigeria to southwestern Central African Republic and northern Gabon. Its natural habitat ...

(''Zosterops stenocricotus'') *

Green white-eye The green white-eye (''Zosterops stuhlmanni'') is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The green white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the African yello ...

(''Zosterops stuhlmanni'') – split from ''Z. poliogastrus'' * Broad-ringed white-eye (''Zosterops eurycricotus'') – split from ''Z. poliogastrus'' * Fernando Po speirops (''Zosterops brunneus'') *

Heuglin's white-eye Heuglin's white-eye (''Zosterops poliogastrus''), also known as the Ethiopian white-eye (formerly the montane white-eye), is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in north-eastern and eastern Africa, primarily in Ethiopia and ...

(''Zosterops poliogastrus'') – formerly montane white-eye *

Kikuyu white-eye The Kikuyu white-eye (''Zosterops kikuyensis'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It includes numerous subspecies, sometimes considered a subspecies of montane white-eye (''Z. poliogastrus''). It is found in central Kenya, in ...

(''Zosterops kikuyuensis'') *

Socotra white-eye The Socotra white-eye (''Zosterops socotranus'') is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found on the island of Socotra and in Somaliland. This species was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Abyssinian white-eye (''Zosterops aby ...

(''Zosterops socotranus'') – split from ''Z. abyssinicus'' * Príncipe white-eye (''Zosterops ficedulinus'') *

Annobón white-eye The Annobón white-eye (''Zosterops griseovirescens'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is Endemism, endemic to the island of Annobón, part of Equatorial Guinea and is listed as Vulnerable species, vulnerable by the IUCN. Its ...

(''Zosterops griseovirescens'') *

São Tomé white-eye The São Tomé white-eye (''Zosterops feae'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé, where it occurs in the central massif and in the southwest. Its natural habitat is mid- to high-altitude ...

(''Zosterops feae'') *

Black-capped speirops The black-capped speirops (''Zosterops lugubris'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It was previously placed in the genus '' Speirops''. It is endemic to São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, ...

(''Zosterops lugubris'') * Príncipe speirops (''Zosterops leucophaeus'') * Taita white-eye (''Zosterops silvanus'') * Northern yellow white-eye (''Zosterops senegalensis'') – formerly African yellow white-eye *

Orange River white-eye The Orange River white-eye (''Zosterops pallidus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae, which is native to Namibia and South Africa. It was formerly deemed conspecific with the Cape white-eye (''Zosterops virens''), but the two spec ...

(''Zosterops pallidus'') *

South Pare white-eye The south Pare white-eye (''Zosterops winifredae'') is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. Its range is restricted to the southern region of the Pare Mountains in northeastern Tanzania. The south Pare white-eye was formerly treated as a s ...

(''Zosterops winifredae'') – split from ''Z. poliogastrus'' *

Cape white-eye The Cape white-eye (''Zosterops virens'') is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is native to southern Africa. It is commonly found in suburbia, parks and gardens, besides a variety of mesic to well-watered habitats. Taxonomy Ther ...

(''Zosterops virens'') *

Southern yellow white-eye The southern yellow white-eye (''Zosterops anderssoni'') is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in parts of southern Africa. It was formerly considered conspecific with the African yellow white-eye. The southern yellow white-e ...

(''Zosterops anderssoni'') – split from ''Z. senegalensis'' *

Pemba white-eye The Pemba white-eye (''Zosterops vaughani'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or ...

(''Zosterops vaughani'') *

Seychelles white-eye The Seychelles white-eye (''Zosterops modestus'') is a rare warbler-like perching bird from the family of white-eyes (Zosteropidae). It is endemic to the Seychelles. At one time thought to be extinct, it was rediscovered and is now listed as Vul ...

(''Zosterops modestus'') *

Anjouan white-eye The Anjouan white-eye (''Zosterops anjuanensis'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is a small, sharp-billed warbler-like bird. It possesses yellow patches on the throat and undertail and white spectacles around the eyes. They a ...

(''Zosterops anjuanensis'') *

Moheli white-eye The Moheli white-eye (''Zosterops comorensis'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Mohéli of the Comoros. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist bro ...

(''Zosterops comorensis'') * Malagasy white-eye (''Zosterops maderaspatanus'') *

Meratus white-eye The Meratus white-eye (''Zosterops meratusensis'') is a species of bird in the white-eye family, Zosteropidae. The species was described in 2021 by the Indonesian ornithologist Mohammed Irham and his colleagues based on genetic, morphological, ...

(''Zosterops meratusensis'') *

Aldabra white-eye The Aldabra white-eye (''Zosterops aldabrensis'') is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the island of Aldabra in the Indian Ocean. The Aldabra white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Malagasy white-eye ( ...

(''Zosterops aldabrensis'') – split from ''Z. maderaspatanus'' * Kirk's white-eye (''Zosterops kirki'') * Mayotte white-eye (''Zosterops mayottensis'') *

Lemon-bellied white-eye The lemon-bellied white-eye (''Zosterops chloris'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs on a number of islands from the Sunda Strait to the Aru Islands. It is present on several of the Less ...

(''Zosterops chloris'') *

Wakatobi white-eye The Wakatobi white-eye (''Zosterops flavissimus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is known only from the Wakatobi Islands off SE Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an i ...

(''Zosterops flavissimus'') – split from ''Z. chloris'' * Black-crowned white-eye (''Zosterops atrifrons'') * Sangihe white-eye(''Zosterops nehrkorni'') *

Pale-bellied white-eye The pale-bellied white-eye (''Zosterops consobrinorum'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to SE Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. The species has a limited di ...

(''Zosterops consobrinorum'') * Togian white-eye (''Zosterops somadikartai'') *

Black-ringed white-eye The black-ringed white-eye or lemon-throated white-eye (''Zosterops anomalus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A ...

(''Zosterops anomalus'') * Green-fronted white-eye (''Zosterops minor'') * Black-fronted white-eye (''Zosterops chrysolaemus'') – split from ''Z. minor'' * Tagula white-eye (''Zosterops meeki'') *

Morotai white-eye The Morotai white-eye (''Zosterops dehaani'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Morotai in the northern Moluccas. It was separated from the cream-throated white-eye The cream-throated white-eye (''Zosterops atri ...

(''Zosterops dehaani'') – split from ''Z. atriceps'' * Cream-throated white-eye (''Zosterops atriceps'') *

Buru white-eye The Buru white-eye (''Zosterops buruensis'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Indonesian islands, including the island of Buru which gives its name. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland f ...

(''Zosterops buruensis'') *

Seram white-eye The Seram white-eye (''Zosterops stalkeri'') is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is an endemic resident breeder in open woodland in Seram, Indonesia. It was formerly considered conspecific with black-fronted white-eye, ''Zost ...

(''Zosterops stalkeri'') *

Javan white-eye The Javan white-eye (''Zosterops flavus'') is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae that occurs in Java and Borneo. It is threatened by trapping for wildlife trade and has been assessed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2019, as the wil ...

(''Zosterops flavus'') *

Ashy-bellied white-eye The ashy-bellied white-eye (''Zosterops citrinella'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae found in the Lesser Sunda Islands and northern Cape York Peninsula. It is sometimes called the pale white-eye or pale-bellied white-eye, but s ...

(''Zosterops citrinella'') * Canary white-eye (''Zosterops luteus'') *

Silvereye The silvereye or wax-eye (''Zosterops lateralis'') is a very small omnivorous passerine bird of the south-west Pacific. In Australia and New Zealand its common name is sometimes white-eye, but this name is more commonly used to refer to all membe ...

(''Zosterops lateralis'') * Hume's white-eye (''Zosterops auriventer'') – split from ''Z. poliogastrus'' *

Sangkar white-eye The sangkar white-eye (''Zosterops melanurus'') is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is also known as the Sunda white-eye. It is found in forested habitats on the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali. In Java it is typically found at e ...

(''Zosterops melanurus'') – split from ''Z. palpebrosus'' * Everett's white-eye (''Zosterops everetti'') *

Vella Lavella white-eye The Vella Lavella white-eye, belted white-eye, or banded white-eye (''Zosterops vellalavella'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland f ...

(''Zosterops vellalavella'') *

Santa Cruz white-eye The Santa Cruz white-eye (''Zosterops sanctaecrucis'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller island ...

(''Zosterops sanctaecrucis'') * Capped white-eye (''Zosterops fuscicapilla'') *

Oya Tabu white-eye The Oya Tabu white-eye (''Zosterops crookshanki'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is native to the Fergusson and Goodenough islands (D'Entrecasteaux Islands). Its natural habitat is in subtropical The subtropical zo ...

(''Zosterops crookshanki'') – split from ''Z. fuscicapilla'' * Vanuatu white-eye (''Zosterops flavifrons'') * Bare-eyed white-eye (''Zosterops superciliosus'') *

Sanford's white-eye Sanford's white-eye (''Zosterops lacertosus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Nendo Island. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat d ...

(''Zosterops lacertosus'') * Vanikoro white-eye (''Zosterops gibbsi'') *

Fiji white-eye The Fiji white-eye (''Zosterops explorator'') is a species of passerine bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The species is also known as Layard's white-eye. left, Illustrated by Joseph Smit (1881) It is endemic to the islands of Viti Le ...

(''Zosterops explorator'') *

Bismarck white-eye The Bismarck white-eye or black-headed white-eye (''Zosterops hypoxanthus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea, where it occurs in New Britain, New Ireland and a number ...

(''Zosterops hypoxanthus'') * Biak white-eye (''Zosterops mysorensis'') *

Bougainville white-eye The Bougainville white-eye (''Zosterops hamlini'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found on Bougainville Island. Its natural habitat is in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Bougainville white-eye was former ...

(''Zosterops hamlini'') – split from ''Z. rendovae'' *

Guadalcanal white-eye The Guadalcanal white-eye (''Zosterops oblitus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found on Guadalcanal. Its natural habitat is in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Guadalcanal white-eye was formerly conside ...

(''Zosterops oblitus'') – split from ''Z. rendovae'' *

Grey-throated white-eye The grey-throated white-eye (''Zosterops rendovae'') is a species of bird. Its family, the Zosteropidae, is probably not valid and belongs in the Timaliidae instead. It is also known as ''Zosterops ugiensis'' because ''Z. rendovae'' has often be ...

(''Zosterops rendovae'') *

Olive-colored white-eye The olive-colored white-eye (''Zosterops oleagineus''), also known as the olive white-eye, Yap olive white-eye or great Yap white-eye, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. Distribution and habitat It is endemic to the Micronesian isl ...

(''Zosterops oleagineus'') *

Dusky white-eye The dusky white-eye (''Zosterops finschii'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Palau. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hun ...

(''Zosterops finschii'') *

Grey-brown white-eye The grey-brown white-eye or Pohnpei white-eye (''Zosterops ponapensis'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Pohnpei. This species and the Kosrae white-eye were formerly considered conspecific. Its natural habitat ...

(''Zosterops ponapensis'') *

Kosrae white-eye The Kosrae white-eye (''Zosterops cinereus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Kosrae Island. This species and the grey-brown white-eye were formerly considered conspecific. Its natural habitat is subtropical o ...

(''Zosterops cinereus'') *

Rota white-eye The Rota white-eye or Rota bridled white-eye (''Zosterops rotensis'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Northern Mariana Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threat ...

(''Zosterops rotensis'') *

Yellow-throated white-eye The yellow-throated white-eye (''Zosterops metcalfii'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands archipelago ( Bougainville, Choiseul, Santa Isabel and Nggela Islands The Nggela Islands, also kno ...

(''Zosterops metcalfii'') *

Malaita white-eye The Malaita white-eye (''Zosterops stresemanni'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Malaita in the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller ...

(''Zosterops stresemanni'') * Papuan white-eye (''Zosterops novaeguineae'') * Ambon white-eye (''Zosterops kuehni'') * Pearl-bellied white-eye (''Zosterops grayi'') * Gizo white-eye (''Zosterops luteirostris'') *

Golden-bellied white-eye The golden-bellied white-eye (''Zosterops uropygialis'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is native to the Kai Islands in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by hab ...

(''Zosterops uropygialis'') *

Ranongga white-eye The Ranongga white-eye or splendid white-eye (''Zosterops splendidus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is thr ...

(''Zosterops splendidus'') *

Solomons white-eye The Solomons white-eye or New Georgia white-eye (''Zosterops kulambangrae'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the New Georgia Islands in the Solomon Islands. It is also known as ''Zosterops rendovae'' but this nam ...

(''Zosterops kulambangrae'') *

Dark-eyed white-eye The dark-eyed white-eye (''Zosterops tetiparius'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. ''Z. t. paradoxus'' is found on Rendova ...

(''Zosterops tetiparius'') * Christmas white-eye (''Zosterops natalis'') * Bridled white-eye (''Zosterops conspicillatus'') *

Citrine white-eye The citrine white-eye (''Zosterops semperi''), or Caroline Islands white-eye, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FS ...

(''Zosterops semperi'') *

Plain white-eye The plain white-eye (''Zosterops hypolais'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Yap. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. References plain white-eye Birds of Yap Endem ...

(''Zosterops hypolais'') *

Louisiade white-eye The Louisiade white-eye or islet white-eye (''Zosterops griseotinctus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, where it is found on widely disjunct islets on both the Bismarck and Louisiade archipela ...

(''Zosterops griseotinctus'') * Kolombangara white-eye (''Zosterops murphyi'') *

Large Lifou white-eye The large Lifou white-eye (''Zosterops inornatus'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, co ...

(''Zosterops inornatus'') * †

White-chested white-eye The white-chested white-eye (''Zosterops albogularis'') also known as white-breasted white-eye or Norfolk white-eye is a passerine from the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Norfolk Island between New Caledonia and New Zealand and it is rega ...

(''Zosterops albogularis'') *

Samoan white-eye The Samoan white-eye (''Zosterops samoensis'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the island of Savai'i in Samoa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical ...

(''Zosterops samoensis'') * †

Robust white-eye The robust white-eye (''Zosterops strenuus''), also known as the Lord Howe white-eye or robust silvereye and locally as the "big grinnell", is an extinct species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It was Endemism, endemic to the lowland forests ...

(''Zosterops strenuus'') *

Slender-billed white-eye The slender-billed white-eye (''Zosterops tenuirostris'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Norfolk Island. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss ...

(''Zosterops tenuirostris'') *

Small Lifou white-eye The small Lifou white-eye (''Zosterops minutus''), also known as the sulphur white-eye, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, ...

(''Zosterops minutus'') *

Green-backed white-eye The green-backed white-eye (''Zosterops xanthochroa'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is also known as the New Caledonian white-eye. It is endemic to New Caledonia. Taxonomy The green-backed white-eye was described by Georg ...

(''Zosterops xanthochroa'') *

Rennell white-eye The Rennell white-eye (''Zosterops rennellianus'') or the bare-ringed white-eye, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowla ...

(''Zosterops rennellianus'') * Wangi Wangi white eye (''Zosterops paruhbesar'')

References

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