Birds Guide

Zosterops
Zosterops japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Family: Zosteropidae   Genus: Zosterops Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Species
See text.

Zosterops is a genus of birds in the White-eye family Zosteropidae

This genus contains with 73 the highest number of species in that family. They occur in the Afrotropic ecoregion, the Indomalaya zone, and the Australasia ecozone. They can reach a length between 8 and 15 cm. Their most characteric feature is the conspicious white feather ring around the eyes.

Species list

• Zosterops abyssinicus Guerin-Meneville, 1843
  Zosterops albogularis Gould, 1837
  Zosterops anomalus Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1896
  Zosterops atricapillus Salvadori, 1879
  Zosterops atriceps Gray, 1860
  Zosterops atrifrons Wallace, 1864
  Zosterops borbonicus (Boddaert, 1783)
  Zosterops buruensis Salvadori, 1878
  Zosterops ceylonensis Holdsworth, 1872
  Zosterops chloris Bonaparte, 1850
  Zosterops chloronothos (Vieillot, 1817)
  Zosterops cinereus (Kittlitz, 1832)
  Zosterops citrinellus Bonaparte, 1850
  Zosterops consobrinorum Meyer, 1904
  Zosterops conspicillatus (Kittlitz, 1833)
  Zosterops erythropleurus Swinhoe, 1863
  Zosterops everetti Tweeddale, 1878
  Zosterops explorator Layard, 1875
  Zosterops ficedulinus Hartlaub, 1866
  Zosterops finschii (Hartlaub, 1868)
  Zosterops flavifrons (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
  Zosterops flavus (Horsfield, 1821)
  Zosterops fuscicapillus Salvadori, 1876
  Zosterops grayi Wallace, 1864
  Zosterops griseotinctus Gray, 1858
  Zosterops griseovirescens Bocage, 1893
  Zosterops hypolais Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872
  Zosterops hypoxanthus Salvadori, 1881
  Zosterops inornatus Layard, 1878
  Zosterops japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1847
  Zosterops kirki Shelley, 1880
  Zosterops kuehni Hartert, 1906
  Zosterops kulambangrae Rothschild & Hartert, 1901
  Zosterops lateralis (Latham, 1802)
  Zosterops luteirostris Hartert, 1904
  Zosterops luteus Gould, 1843
  Zosterops maderaspatanus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  Zosterops mayottensis Schlegel, 1866
  Zosterops meeki Hartert, 1898
  Zosterops metcalfii Tristram, 1894
  Zosterops meyeni Bonaparte, 1850
  Zosterops minor Meyer, 1875
  Zosterops minutus Layard, 1878
  Zosterops modestus (Newton, 1867)
  Zosterops montanus Bonaparte, 1850
  Zosterops mouroniensis Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885
  Zosterops murphyi Hartert, 1929
  Zosterops mysorensis Meyer, 1875
  Zosterops natalis Lister, 1889
  Zosterops nigrorum Tweeddale, 1878
  Zosterops novaeguineae Salvadori, 1878
  Zosterops oleagineus Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872
  Zosterops olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  Zosterops pallidus Swainson, 1838
  Zosterops palpebrosus (Temminck, 1824)
  Zosterops poliogaster Heuglin, 1861
  Zosterops rendovae Tristram, 1882
  Zosterops rennellianus Murphy, 1929
  Zosterops salvadorii Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1894
  Zosterops samoensis Murphy & Mathews, 1929
  Zosterops sanctaecrucis Tristram, 1894
  Zosterops semperi Hartlaub, 1868
  Zosterops senegalensis Bonaparte, 1850
  Zosterops splendidus Hartert, 1929
  Zosterops strenuus Gould, 1855 (extinct)
  Zosterops stresemanni Mayr, 1931
  Zosterops tenuirostris Gould, 1837
  Zosterops tephropleurus Gould, 1855
  Zosterops uropygialis Salvadori, 1874
  Zosterops vaughani Bannerman, 1924
  Zosterops vellalavella Hartert, 1908
  Zosterops wallacei Finsch, 1901
  Zosterops xanthochrous Gray, 1859

External links

• Zosterops videos on the Internet Bird Collection