Citrine White-eye (Zosterops semperi)

Other Names (World)
Citrine White-eye, Caroline Islands White-eye, Caroline White-eye

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartlaub, 1868

Range (Guide)

Micronesia [Federated States of] (B), Palau (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in flocks, sometimes with Dusky White-eye (Zosterops finschii) and Kosrae White-eye (Zosterops cinereus).

Voice
Contact call is squeaky and high-pitched. Apparently lacks a song.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Citrine White-eye (Zosterops semperi) [XC246795]
by Todd Mark from Japanese Gun, Weno, Moen, Chuuk, Micronesia (song)

Citrine White-eye (Zosterops semperi) [XC291771]
by id from Ngarmeduu Bay Conservation Area, Koror, Palau (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Rota White-eye (Zosterops rotensis), Bridled White-eye (Zosterops conspicillatus) and Yap Plain White-eye (Zosterops hypolais) and all formerly considered conspecific, but differ in plumage, vocalizations and behaviour, and treatment as separate species supported by DNA-DNA hybridization and analyses of mitochondrial DNA. Geographical variation minimal, but subspecies separated by large geographical distances.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

semperi Hartlaub, 1868 - Palau Is.
owstoni Hartert, 1900 - Chuuk (high islands within the atoll: Weno, Udot, Fefan, Fana, Dublon, Uman and Fanabeguets), in eastern Caroline Is.
takatsukasai Momiyama, 1922 - Pohnpei I, in east-central Caroline Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Citrine White-eye (Zosterops semperi) - 10 files

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