Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-throated White-eye, Solomon Yellow-throated White-eye, Bukida White-eye, Metcalfe's White-eye

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Tristram, 1894

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, heavily degraded former forest. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A loud, high-pitched 'peep'

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii) [XC290232]
by Iain Woxvold from Isabel Island - 500m sw of Tiratonga village, Solomon Islands (song)

Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii) [XC828113]
by Jan-Uwe Schmidt from between Nova and Buka Town, Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (song)

Subspecies
Affinities unclear. Geographic variation is not very pronounced and mainly exists in presence or absence of eye-ring.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

exiguus Murphy, 1929 - Buka, Bougainville, Shortland Is and Choiseul, in northern Solomon Is.
metcalfii Tristram, 1894 - Santa Isabel and San Jorge, in north-central Solomons.
floridanus Rothschild & Hartert, 1901 - Florida Is, in east-central Solomons.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii) - 5 files

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