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Seychelles White-eye
Zosterops modestus Newton, E 1867
The Seychelles white-eye is a rare warbler-like perching bird from the family of white-eyes (Zosteropidae). It is endemic to the Seychelles. At one time thought to be extinct, it was rediscovered and is now listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Zosteropidae
Genus:
Zosterops
Scientific:
Zosterops modestus
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Zosteropidae
Genus:
Zosterops
Scientific:
Zosterops modestus
Original description
Citation:
Newton, E 1867
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
1867, pt.2 p.345
Imprint year:
1867
Protonym:
Zosterops modesta
Type locality:
Mahe.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93424#page/367/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
FDCF5A86BFCC8616
Avibase ID:
avibase-FDCF5A86
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FDCF5A86
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 202342
VULNERABLE
English:
Seychelles Grey White-eye
Bulgarian:
Сейшелска сива белоочка
Catalan:
zostèrops de les Seychelles
Czech:
kruhoočko seychelské
Danish:
Mahébrillefugl
German:
Mahébrillenvogel
Esperanto:
sejŝela zosteropo
Spanish:
Anteojitos de Seychelles
Spanish (Spain):
Anteojitos de Seychelles
Estonian:
seišelli prilliklind
Finnish:
seychellienrilli
French:
Zostérops des Seychelles
Croatian:
sejšelska bjelooka
Hungarian:
seychelle-szigeteki pápaszemesmadár
Italian:
Occhialino delle Seychelles
Japanese (romaji):
se-sherumejiro
Japanese:
セーシェルメジロ
Lithuanian:
Seišelinis baltavokis
Dutch:
Mahébrilvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Seychellbrillefugl
Norwegian:
Seychellbrillefugl
Polish:
szlarnik seszelski
Portuguese:
olho-branco-das-seicheles
Portuguese (Portugal):
olho-branco-das-seicheles
Russian:
Сейшельская белоглазка
Slovak:
okánik seychelský
Serbian:
Sejšelska belooka
Swedish:
mahéglasögonfågel
Turkish:
Seyşeller gözlükçüsü
Ukrainian:
Окулярник магейський
Chinese:
塞舌尔绣眼鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
塞席爾灰繡眼
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Avilist 2025: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Zostérops des Seychelles ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Zostérops des Seychelles ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 1st edition: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modesta) |
| Clements, version 2021: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements, version 2022: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements, version 2023: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements, version 2024: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements, version 2025: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modesta) |
| Clements 4th edition: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 6th edition: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements, version 2015: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements, version 2016: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements, version 2017: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements, version 2018: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Clements, version 2019: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 1.50: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 1.52: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 1.53: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 1.54: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 1.55: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 2015: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 2016: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 2017: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 2018: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 2019: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 2021: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 2022: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 2023: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 2024: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| eBird version 2025: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Seychelles Brown White-eye ( Zosterops modesta) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Seychelles Brown White-eye ( Zosterops modesta) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Seychelles White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Zosterops modesta |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Zosterops modesta |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Zosterops modesta |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Seychelles Grey White-eye ( Zosterops modestus) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Zosterops modestus |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Zosterops modestus |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Сейшелска сива белоочка
Catalan: zostèrops de les Seychelles
Czech: Kruhoocko seychelské, kruhoočko seychelské
Danish: Mahébrillefugl
German: Mahe Brillenvogel, Mahebrillenvogel, Mahébrillenvogel
English: Seychelles Brown White-eye, Seychelles Gray White eye, Seychelles Gray White-eye, Seychelles Grey White eye, Seychelles Grey White-eye, Seychelles White-eye
[ENAV]: Seychelles White-eye
English, HBW: Seychelles White-eye
English (IOC): Seychelles White-eye
English (United States): Seychelles White-eye
Esperanto: sejŝela zosteropo
Spanish: Anteojitos de Seychelles, Ojiblanco de Seychelles
Spanish (Spain): Anteojitos de Seychelles
Spanish (HBW): Seychelles White-eye
Estonian: seišelli prilliklind
Finnish: Seychellienrilli
French: Zostérops de Mahé, Zostérops des Seychelles
French (Guyane): Zostérops des Seychelles
Croatian: sejšelska bjelooka
Hungarian: seychelle-szigeteki pápaszemesmadár
Italian: Occhialino bruno delle Seychelles, Occhialino delle Seychelles
Japanese (romaji): seasherumejiro, se-sheruhaiiromejiro, se-sherumejiro
Japanese: セアシェルメジロ, セーシェルハイイロメヂロ, セーシェルメジロ
Scientific: Zosterops modesta, Zosterops modestus
Lithuanian: Seišelinis baltavokis
Dutch: Mahébrilvogel, Mahé-brilvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Seychellbrillefugl
Norwegian: Seychellbrillefugl
Polish: szlarnik seszelski
Portuguese: olho-branco-das-seicheles
Portuguese (Portugal): olho-branco-das-seicheles
Russian: Сейшельская (скромная) белоглазка, Сейшельская белоглазка
Slovak: okánik seychelský
Serbian: Sejšelska belooka
Swedish: Mahéglasögonfågel
Turkish: Seyşeller gözlükçüsü
Ukrainian: Окулярник магейський
Chinese: 塞舌尔绣眼鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 塞席爾灰繡眼
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