Zosterops simplex (Swinhoe's White-eye)

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Swinhoe's White-eye

Zosterops simplex Swinhoe, R 1861

Swinhoe's white-eye is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in east China, north Vietnam, the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Zosteropidae
Genus:
   Zosterops
Scientific:
  Zosterops simplex

Original description

Citation:
Swinhoe, R 1861

Reference:
Ibis ser.1, vol.3, no.12 p.331,text

Protonym:
Z[osterops] simplex

Type locality:
southern China ; restricted to Hong Kong by Mees, 1957, Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. Leiden, no. 35, p. 120.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/258389#page/375/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
CE59C27F80962E4E

Avibase ID:
avibase-CE59C27F

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CE59C27F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916997

English:
Swinhoe's White-eye
French:
Zostérops de Swinhoe

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Swinhoe's White-eye ( Zosterops simplex) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Swinhoe's White-eye ( Zosterops simplex) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Swinhoe's White-eye ( Zosterops simplex) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Swinhoe's White-eye ( Zosterops simplex)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Swinhoe's White-eye ( Zosterops simplex) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Swinhoe's White-eye ( Zosterops simplex) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Zosterops [simplex or salvadorii] (sensu lato) by some authors

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