Olive-Coloured White-eye
Zosterops oleagineusHartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO, 1872
English (US) Olive-colored White-eye
UK name: Olive-Coloured White-eye
The Olive-Coloured White-eye (Zosterops oleagineus) 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.
Range: forest of Yap (northwestern Caroline Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zosterops oleagineus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Olive-colored White-eye
- English (UK)
- Olive-Coloured White-eye
- Described by
- Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO, 1872
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Zosterops oleaginea
- Described by
- Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO, 1872
- Type locality
- Yap.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872, pt.1 p.95
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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