Morotai white-eye
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. dehaani
Binomial name
Zosterops dehaani

The Morotai white-eye (Zosterops dehaani) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Morotai in the northern Moluccas.[1] It was separated from the cream-throated white-eye based on distinct plumage, exceptional dawn song, and submontane/montane ecology [2][3]

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. Bemmel, A.C.V. van, 1939. Zwei neue Vögel von der Insel Morotai (in german). Zoölogisch Museum Buitenzorg. pdf
  3. Rheindt, F.E. & J.A. Eaton, 2018.Notes on the taxonomy of Cream-throated White-eye Zosterops atriceps and the biogeography of the Northern Moluccas. BirdingASIA 30:48–5. full text


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