Green-fronted white-eye

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Green-fronted white-eye
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.133368 1 - Zosterops atrifrons minor Meyer, 1874 - Zosteropidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. minor
Binomial name
Zosterops minor
A. B. Meyer, 1874

The green-fronted white-eye (Zosterops minor) is a songbird species. It is closely related to the Old World babblers, and its family Zosteropidae might better be included in the Tiimalidae. Some sources include this species within Z. atrifrons, the black-crowned white-eye. The black-fronted white-eye (Z. chrysolaemus) was formerly considered a subspecies, and until it was split as a distinct species, the name "black-fronted white-eye" was also used for Z. minor.[2]

It is found in New Guinea and offshore islands. Quite common, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Zosterops minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 28 May 2021.


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