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Indian White-eye

Zosterops palpebrosus (Temminck, CJ 1824)

The Indian white-eye, formerly the Oriental white-eye, is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is a resident breeder in open woodland on the Indian subcontinent. They forage in small groups, feeding on nectar and small insects. They are easily identified by the distinctive white eye-ring and overall yellowish upperparts. The range previously extended eastwards to Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Malaysia but when the taxa in these regions were assigned to other species, the English name was changed. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Zosteropidae
Genus:
   Zosterops
Scientific:
  Zosterops palpebrosus

Original description

Citation:
  (Temminck, CJ 1824)

Reference:
   Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.49 pl.293 fig.3 sP

Protonym:
  Sylvia palpebrosa

Type locality:
  Bengal.

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0BD6646B10D030B0

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0BD6646B

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0BD6646B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563865

Geographic range:

  • Zosterops palpebrosus palpebrosus: central and eastern Himalayas eastward to southern China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and Myanmar; isolated populations on Mahawt Island, Oman, and in southern Iran have been assigned to nominate palpebrosus, although this requires confirmation
  • Zosterops palpebrosus occidentis: northeastern Afghanistan eastward to western Himalayas, and northern and central India
  • Zosterops palpebrosus siamensis: southern Myanmar eastward through Indochina
  • Zosterops palpebrosus egregius: Sri Lanka
  • Zosterops palpebrosus nilgiriensis: western India (Western Ghats); most populations elsewhere in southern peninsular India are more or less similar
  • Zosterops palpebrosus salimalii: southeastern India (southeastern Hyderabad)
  • Zosterops palpebrosus nicobaricus: Andaman and Nicobar islands
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Indian White-eye
Catalan:
zostèrops oriental
Czech:
kruhoočko indomalajské
Danish:
Brillefugl
German:
Gangesbrillenvogel
Spanish:
Anteojitos oriental
Spanish (Spain):
Anteojitos oriental
Finnish:
aasianrilli
French:
Zostérops oriental
Croatian:
sivotrba bjelooka
Hungarian:
gangeszi pápaszemesmadár
Icelandic:
Hvíteygla
Italian:
Occhialino orientale
Japanese:
インドメジロ
Lithuanian:
rytinis baltavokis
Dutch:
Indiase Brilvogel
Norwegian:
Lundbrillefugl
Polish:
szlarnik indyjski
Portuguese:
olho-branco-oriental
Portuguese (Portugal):
olho-branco-oriental
Russian:
Восточная белоглазка
Slovak:
okánik riasnatý
Serbian:
Indijska belooka
Swedish:
indisk glasögonfågel
Ukrainian:
окулярник південний
Chinese:
灰腹绣眼鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
印度繡眼

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 2019:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Indian White-eye ( Zosterops palpebrosus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Zosterops [palpebrosus, everetti, japonicus s.l., chloris, citrinella] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Oosterse glasogie
Azerbaijani: şərq ağgözü
Belarusian: Усходні акулярнік
Bulgarian: Ориенталска белоочка
Catalan: zostèrops oriental
Czech: kruhoočko indomalajské, kruhoočko pruhoprsé
Welsh: Llygadwyn y Dwyrain
Danish: Brillefugl
German: Gangesbrillenvogel
English: Indian White-eye, Oriental White-eye
English, HBW: Indian White-eye
English (India): Indian White-eye (Oriental White-eye)
English (IOC): Indian White-eye
English (United States): Indian White-eye
Esperanto: Orienta blankokululo
Spanish: Anteojitos oriental
Spanish (Spain): Anteojitos oriental
Persian: سسک چشم ‌سفید هندی, سسک چشم‌سفید هندی
Finnish: aasianrilli
French: Zostérops oriental, Zostérops oriental (palpebrosus)
Frisian: Gangesbrilfûgel
Irish: Bánsúileach oirthearach
Galician: Ollobranco oriental
Croatian: sivotrba bjelooka
Hungarian: gangeszi pápaszemesmadár
Indonesian: Kacamata biasa
Icelandic: Hvíteygla
Italian: Occhialino orientale
Japanese: インドメジロ, ハイバラメジロ
Scientific: Sylvia palpebrosa, Zosterops palpebrosus, Zosterops palpebrosus palpebrosus
Lithuanian: rytinis baltavokis
Latvian: austrumu baltactiņa
Malayalam: വെള്ളക്കണ്ണിക്കുരുവി
Marathi: चष्मेवाला
Nepali: कांकीर
Dutch: Gangesbrilvogel, Indiase Brilvogel, Indische Brilvogel
Norwegian: Lundbrillefugl
Polish: szlarnik indyjski
Portuguese: olho-branco-oriental
Portuguese (Portugal): olho-branco-oriental
Rhaeto-Romance: Utschè d’egliers oriental
Romanian: Privighetoare-cu-ochi-alb orientală
Russian: Восточная белоглазка
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Peradigu Sithasiya
Slovak: okánik riasnatý
Slovenian: Gangeški očalar
Serbian: Indijska belooka
Swedish: indisk glasögonfågel
Thai: นกแว่นตาขาวสีทอง
Turkish: Bengal gözlükçüsü
Ukrainian: окулярник південний
Chinese: 灰腹绣眼鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 印度繡眼, 灰腹繡眼

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