Swinhoe's white-eye
| Swinhoe's 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. simplex
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| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops simplex R. Swinhoe, 1861
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Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex) is a bird
Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Populations have also been introduced throughout Southern California
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Taxonomy
Swinhoe's white-eye was
binomial name Zosterops simplex.[1] The genus Zosterops had been introduced by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827.[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words zōstēros meaning "belt" or "girdle" and ōpos meaning "eye". The specific epithet simplex is Latin meaning "simple" or "plain".[3]
This species was formerly treated as a
Five subspecies are recognised:[5]
- Z. s. simplex R. Swinhoe, 1861 – east China, Taiwan and extreme northeast Vietnam
- Z. s. hainanus Hartert, 1923 – Hainan (off southeast China)
- Z. s. erwini ( and lowland west Borneo
- Z. s. williamsoni Robinson & Kloss, 1919 – Gulf of Thailand coast and west Cambodia
- Z. s. salvadorii Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1894 – Enggano Island (west Sumatra)
References
- ^ Swinhoe, Robert (1861). "Notes on ornithology taken between Takoo and Peking, in the neighbourhood of the Peiho River, Province of Chelee, North China, from August to December, 1860". Ibis: 323–345 [331].
- . The title page is dated 1826.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 October 2022.