Hume's white-eye
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Zosterops auriventer

Hume's white-eye (Zosterops auriventer ) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in upland areas of Myanmar, southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.

This species was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus ). Based on a study published as two articles in 2017, it was promoted to species rank. Included as subspecies are two taxa that were previously treated as subspecies of Everett's white-eye (Zosterops everetti ).

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There are four subspecies:

  • Z. a. auriventer Hume, 1878 – southeast Myanmar ( Tenasserim Hills)
  • Z. a. tahanensis ( Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) – central and south Malay Peninsula
  • Z. a. wetmorei ( Deignan, 1943) – south Thailand, north Malay Peninsula
  • Z. a. medius Robinson & Kloss, 1923 – Borneo

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References

1. Hume's white-eye Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume's_white-eye
2. Hume's white-eye on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155156040/155178457
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/503488

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