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.
| Hume'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. auriventer
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| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops auriventer Hume, 1878
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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).[2][3][4]
There are four subspecies:[4]
- 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
It is omnivorous.[5]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Zosterops auriventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T155156040A155178457. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155156040A155178457.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Wells, D.R. (2017). "Zosterops white-eyes in continental South-East Asia. 1: proposed refinements to the regional definition of Oriental White-eye Z. palpebrosus". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 137 (2): 100–109. doi:10.25226/bboc.v137i2.2017.a12.
- ^ Wells, D.R. (2017). "Zosterops white-eyes in continental South-East Asia. 2: what is Zosterops auriventer Hume?". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 137 (2): 110–117. doi:10.25226/bboc.v137i2.2017.a13.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Razali, Haslina; Kalarikkal, Remya Kottarathu; Ang, Guat Lian; Grafe, Ulmar (2023-12-07). "The dynamic avifaunal assemblage of a fragmented urbanised habitat at Universiti Brunei Darussalam". Scientia Bruneiana. 21 (1): 1–18. doi:10.46537/scibru.v21i1.135. ISSN 2519-9498.