Sangkar White-eye
Zosterops melanurusHartlaub, KJG, 1865
English (US) Sangkar White-eye
The Sangkar White-eye (Zosterops melanurus) 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
- Zosterops melanurus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Sangkar White-eye
- Described by
- Hartlaub, KJG, 1865
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Zosterops melanurus melanurus
- Zosterops melanurus buxtoni
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Z[osterops] melanura
- Described by
- Hartlaub, KJG, 1865
- Type locality
- 'Borneo' ; error, Bandung, West Java, designated by Mees, 1954, Sarawak Mus. Journ., 6, p. 141.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 13, no.73 p.15-16
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Santa Cruz White-eye
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