Pearl-bellied White-eye (Zosterops grayi)

Other Names (World)
Pearl-bellied White-eye, Great Kai White-eye, Great Kei White-eye, Kai White-eye (with Zosterops uropygialis), Kei White-eye (with Zosterops uropygialis)

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Wallace, 1864

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 610 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B).

Kai Besar I, in eastern Banda Sea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
Forest loss is probably the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Pearl-bellied White-eye (Zosterops grayi) [XC121376]
by Ross Gallardy from Bukit Indah, Elat, Kai Besar, Indonesia (call)

Pearl-bellied White-eye (Zosterops grayi) [XC69768]
by Frank Lambert from Kai Besar, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Golden-bellied White-eye (Zosterops uropygialis), and these two sometimes treated as conspecific. Both sometimes considered to belong to the superspecies comprised of Lemon-bellied White-eye (Zosterops chloris) and Ashy-bellied White-eye (Zosterops citrinella).

References
See References.

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