Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Zosterops [maderaspatanus, aldabrensis, anjouanensis, comorensis or kirki]

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)
none African Bird Club Checklist March 2010 (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts (current) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.?) Avilist 2025 (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025) (v.?) Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993) (v.7) Clements 3rd edition (v.?) Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl) (v.5) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018) (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2 (v.1) Morony, Bock and Farrand (v.5) Peters' Check-list of the Birds (v.5) Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original) (v.5) Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition) (v.5) Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource (v.1) Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource (v.1)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Catalan: zostèrops de Madagascar
Czech: kruhoočko šedoprsé
Danish: Madagaskarbrillefugl
German: Madagaskarbrillenvogel
English: Madagascar White-eye, Madagascar, Aldabra, Anjouan or Moheli White-eye, Malagasy White-eye, Malagasy White-eye (incl. hovarum), Malagasy White-eye (incl. ssp. hovarum)
Esperanto: madagaskara zosteropo
Spanish: Anteojitos Malgache
Finnish: madagaskarinrilli
French: Zostérops malgache, Zostérops malgache, Z. d'Aldabra, Z. d'Anjouan ou Z. de Mohéli
Hungarian: madagaszkári pápaszemesmadár
Italian: Occhialino malgascio
Japanese (romaji): madagasukarumejiro
Japanese: マダガスカルメジロ
Scientific: Motacilla maderaspatana, Motacillla maderaspatana, Zosterops [maderaspatanus or hovarum], Zosterops [maderaspatanus, aldabrensis, anjouanensis or comorensis], Zosterops maderaspatana, Zosterops maderaspatanus, Zosterops maderaspatanus maderaspatanus
Lithuanian: Madagaskarinis baltavokis
Malagasy: Fotsy maso
Dutch: Madagaskarbrilvogel
Norwegian: Gråbukbrillefugl
Polish: szlarnik malgaski
Russian: Мадагаскарская белоглазка
Slovak: okánik madagaskarský
Swedish: madagaskarglasögonfågel
Ukrainian: Окулярник мадагаскарський
Chinese: 马岛绣眼鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 馬達加斯加繡眼