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- Zosterops atrifrons
Identification
Length: 11–12 cm. Weight:8·3–9·7 g. Nominate has a wide white eyering broken in front by a black spot, which continues below under eyering, black forehead and hind part of crown, merging below the crown into the olive-green upperparts. Tail dark and flight feathers dark with broad dark green edges tail feathers partially edged dark green. chin and throat yellow. breast and belly off white. Undertail coverts yellow. Eye hazel. Bill black. Legs light grey. Differs from Togian White-eye having a prominent white eyering. Sexes alike. Juveniles have a duller throat, less extensive black on crown with green speckling and a smaller eyering. Sub species: Z. surdus is larger than nominate, with greener upperparts and a greeny-yellow throat. Z. subatrifrons is larger than nominate, with bright yellow cheeks and throat. Z. sulaensis is similar to nominate, with broader white eyering and a deep yellowy-orange throat.
Distribution
Sulawesi and some adjacent islands, Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- Z. a. atrifrons:
- North, north-central and south-eastern Sulawesi and Peleng Island (Banggai Island)
- Z. a. sulaensis:
- Sula Island (Taliabu, Seho, Mangole and Sanana)
- Z. a. surda:
- Central Sulawesi
- Z. a. subatrifrons:
- Peleng Island
Habitat
Lives in scrub, lowland forest and hill forest of various degrees of degradation including through logging, uses roads and rivers to penetrate forest edge and cultivated highlands. In the lowlands it occurs up to 1500 m. Shares habitat with Pale-bellied White-eye, but not in all areas.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-crowned White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-crowned_White-eye
