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Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted)

Zosterops minor [minor or rothschildi] (= Zosterops minor) Meyer, AB 1874

The green-fronted white-eye is a songbird species. It is closely related to the Old World babblers, and its family Zosteropidae might better be included in the Tiimalidae. Some sources include this species within Z. atrifrons, the black-crowned white-eye. The black-fronted white-eye was formerly considered a subspecies, and until it was split as a distinct species, the name "black-fronted white-eye" was also used for Z. minor. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  Meyer, AB 1874

Reference:
   Sitz. Math.-Nat. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien 70(1874) p.115

Protonym:
  Zosterops albiventer minor

Type locality:
  Jobi.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35269#page/131/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F2D16DB6B891231D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F2D16DB6

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F2D16DB6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 917064

Geographic range:

  • Zosterops minor minor: mountains of northern New Guinea (Cyclops, Sepik, and Snow Mountains), including Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)
  • Zosterops minor rothschildi: mountains of central New Guinea (Weyland Mountains)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black-fronted White-eye [minor or rothschildi]
Bulgarian:
Малка белоочка (ssp. minor/rothschildi)
Catalan:
zosterop frontverd (minor/rothschildi)
Danish:
Papua Brillefugl (Grønfrontet)
German:
Grünstirn-Brillenvogel (minor/rothschildi)
Spanish:
Anteojitos Menor (minor/rothschildi)
Spanish (Spain):
Anteojitos menor (minor/rothschildi)
Finnish:
mustaotsarilli (minor/rothschildi)
French:
Zostérops mineur [minor ou rothschildi]
Croatian:
zlatnoprsa bjelooka (minor/rothschildi)
Indonesian:
Kacamata dagu-kuning (minor/rothschildi)
Japanese (romaji):
nyu-giniamejiro (minor/rothschildi)
Japanese:
ニューギニアメジロ（minor／rothschildi）
Dutch:
Zwartmaskerbrilvogel (Groenvoorhoofdbrilvogel)
Norwegian:
svovelstrupebrillefugl (minor/rothschildi)
Polish:
szlarnik ubogi (minor/rothschildi)
Portuguese (Portugal):
olho-branco-de-faces-verdes (minor/rothschildi)
Russian:
Малая белоглазка (minor/rothschildi)
Slovak:
okánik žltohrdlý (skup.)
Serbian:
Zelenočela mala belooka
Swedish:
svavelstrupig glasögonfågel (minor/rothschildi)
Turkish:
Kara pınarlı gözlükçü (minor/rothschildi)
Ukrainian:
Окулярник малий (підвид minor/rothschildi)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-fronted White-eye [minor or rothschildi] ( Zosterops minor [minor or rothschildi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Black-fronted White-eye [minor or rothschildi] ( Zosterops minor [minor or rothschildi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-fronted White-eye [minor or rothschildi] ( Zosterops minor [minor or rothschildi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-fronted White-eye [minor or rothschildi] ( Zosterops minor [minor or rothschildi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-fronted White-eye [minor or rothschildi] ( Zosterops minor [minor or rothschildi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-fronted White-eye [minor or rothschildi] ( Zosterops minor [minor or rothschildi])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted) ( Zosterops minor minor/rothschildi) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted) ( Zosterops minor minor/rothschildi) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted) ( Zosterops minor minor/rothschildi) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted) ( Zosterops minor minor/rothschildi) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted) ( Zosterops minor minor/rothschildi) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted) ( Zosterops minor minor/rothschildi) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted) ( Zosterops minor minor/rothschildi) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted) ( Zosterops minor minor/rothschildi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Zosterops minor minor [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Zosterops minor minor [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Green-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops minor) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Zosterops minor

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bulgarian: Малка белоочка (ssp. minor/rothschildi)
Catalan: zosterop frontverd (minor/rothschildi), zostèrops menut
Czech: kruhoočko menší
Danish: Papua Brillefugl (Grønfrontet), Papuabrillefugl
German: Grünstirn-Brillenvogel, Grünstirn-Brillenvogel (minor/rothschildi)
English: Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted), Black-fronted White-eye [minor or rothschildi], Green-fronted White-eye
English (Avilist): Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted)
English, HBW: Green-fronted White-eye
English (IOC): Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted), Green-fronted White-eye
English (United States): Black-fronted White-eye (Green-fronted)
Esperanto: verdafrunta zosteropo
Spanish: Anteojitos cariverde, Anteojitos Menor (minor/rothschildi)
Spanish (Spain): Anteojitos menor (minor/rothschildi)
Finnish: mustaotsarilli, mustaotsarilli (minor/rothschildi)
French: Zostérops mineur, Zostérops mineur (minor), Zostérops mineur [minor ou rothschildi]
French (Guyane): Zostérops mineur (minor/rothschildi)
Croatian: zlatnoprsa bjelooka, zlatnoprsa bjelooka (minor/rothschildi)
Hungarian: új-guineai pápaszemesmadár
Indonesian: Kacamata dagu-kuning, Kacamata dagu-kuning (minor/rothschildi)
Italian: Occhialino frontenera
Japanese (romaji): nyu-giniamejiro (minor/rothschildi)
Japanese: ニューギニアメジロ, ニューギニアメジロ (minor/rothschildi), ニューギニアメジロ（minor／rothschildi）
Scientific: Zosterops albiventer minor, Zosterops minor, Zosterops minor [minor or rothschildi], Zosterops minor minor, Zosterops minor minor/rothschildi
Lithuanian: juodaveidis baltavokis
Dutch: Kleine Groenvoorhoofdbrilvogel, Kleine Zwartvoorhoofdbrilvogel, Zwartmaskerbrilvogel (Groenvoorhoofdbrilvogel)
Norwegian: Svovelstrupebrillefugl, svovelstrupebrillefugl (minor/rothschildi)
Polish: szlarnik ubogi, szlarnik ubogi (minor/rothschildi)
Portuguese: olho-branco-de-rosto-verde
Portuguese (Portugal): olho-branco-de-faces-verdes (minor/rothschildi), olho-branco-de-testa-verde
Russian: Малая белоглазка, Малая белоглазка (minor/rothschildi)
Slovak: okánik žltohrdlý, okánik žltohrdlý (skup.)
Serbian: Crnočela belooka, Zelenočela mala belooka
Swedish: svavelstrupig glasögonfågel, svavelstrupig glasögonfågel (minor/rothschildi)
Turkish: Kara Pınarlı Gözlükçü, Kara pınarlı gözlükçü (minor/rothschildi)
Ukrainian: окулярник малий, Окулярник малий (підвид minor/rothschildi)
Chinese: 绿额绣眼鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 黑額繡眼

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