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Bonin White-eye

Apalopteron familiare(Kittlitz, FH, 1830)

English (US) Bonin White-eye

The Bonin White-eye (Apalopteron familiare) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Zosteropidae (White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.

Scientific name
Apalopteron familiare
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Bonin White-eye
Described by
(Kittlitz, FH, 1830)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Ixos familiaris
Described by
(Kittlitz, FH, 1830)
Type locality
'Boninsima' ; restricted to Muko Shima, northern Bonin Islands, by Yamashina, 1930, Tori, 6, p. 330.
Original description
Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 1 livr.3 p.235 pl.13

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 147 species of the family Zosteropidae