Biology:Hume's white-eye

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Hume's white-eye
Hume's white-eye (Zosterops auriventer), Malaysia (19714680732) cropped.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. auriventer
Binomial name
Zosterops auriventer
Hume, 1878

Hume's white-eye (Zosterops auriventer) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in upland areas of Myanmar, southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.

This species was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus). Based on a study published as two articles in 2017, it was promoted to species rank. Included as subspecies are two taxa that were previously treated as subspecies of Everett's white-eye (Zosterops everetti).[2][3][4]

There are four subspecies:[4]

  • Z. a. auriventer Hume, 1878 – southeast Myanmar (Tenasserim Hills)
  • Z. a. tahanensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) – central and south Malay Peninsula
  • Z. a. wetmorei (Deignan, 1943) – south Thailand, north Malay Peninsula
  • Z. a. medius Robinson & Kloss, 1923 – Borneo

References

  1. BirdLife International (2019). "Zosterops auriventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T155156040A155178457. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155156040A155178457.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155156040/155178457. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. Wells, D.R. (2017). "Zosterops white-eyes in continental South-East Asia. 1: proposed refinements to the regional definition of Oriental White-eye Z. palpebrosus". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 137 (2): 100–109. doi:10.25226/bboc.v137i2.2017.a12. 
  3. Wells, D.R. (2017). "Zosterops white-eyes in continental South-East Asia. 2: what is Zosterops auriventer Hume?". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 137 (2): 110–117. doi:10.25226/bboc.v137i2.2017.a13. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sylvias/. Retrieved 23 January 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q40660768 entry