Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Zosteropidae
Genus:
  Zosterops

Scientific:
  Zosterops simplex

Citation:
  Swinhoe, 1861

Reference:
  Ibis (1) 3 (12), p. 331 (in text)

Protonym:
  Zosterops simplex

Avibase ID:
  B1AC80666A18256A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/B1AC8066

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916997

Geographic range:

• Zosterops simplex simplex: breeds in eastern China (from extreme southern Gansu east to Jiangsu, south to eastern Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian), Taiwan, and northeastern Vietnam; northern populations migratory, wintering from southeastern China to Thailand and central Indochina
• Zosterops simplex hainanus: Hainan (s China)
• Zosterops simplex williamsoni: southern Thailand and east coast of northern and central Thai-Malay Peninsula
• Zosterops simplex erwini: coastal forests of the western and southeastern Thai-Malay Peninsula, of Sumatra, the Riau Islands, Bangka, and the Natuna Islands; population of coastal western Borneo provisionally assigned here, but possibly a distinct taxon
• Zosterops salvadorii: Enggano and Mega islands (off w Sumatra)