Biology:Dark-eyed white-eye
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Short description: Species of bird
| Dark-eyed white-eye | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. tetiparius
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| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops tetiparius Murphy, 1929
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The dark-eyed white-eye (Zosterops tetiparius) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
Z. t. paradoxus is found on Rendova and Z. t. tetiparius on Tetepare Island.[1][2] The subspecies have never been recorded away from their respective home islands which lie just 3.4 km apart.[3]
References
- ↑ Internet Bird Collection. "Solomon White-eye (Zosterops kulambangrae)". http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/solomon-white-eye-zosterops-kulambangrae. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ↑ Mees, G. F. (1955). "The name of the white-eye from Rendova Island (Solomon Islands)". Zoologische Mededelingen 33 (28): 99–100. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150019.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst & Jared M. Diamond (2001). The Birds of Northern Melanesia: Speciation, Ecology and Biogeography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514170-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=AUUQsAuk9qsC&dq=%22zosterops+rendovae%22&pg=PA492.
Wikidata ☰ Q24997849 entry
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