Louisiade White-eye (Zosterops griseotinctus)

Other Names (World)
Louisiade White-eye, Dull-colored White-eye, Nissan White-eye (eichhorni), Islet White-eye (with rennellianus), Island White-eye (with rennellianus)

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
10 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, heavily degraded former forest.

Range (Guide)

Papua New Guinea (B).

Papua New Guinea (B), Nissan Island in the far northern Solomon Islands.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A 'chew' uttered in contact. A loud 'chip-chip-chip' uttered in flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Louisiade White-eye (Zosterops griseotinctus) [XC41133]
by from Nare Island, Near Anagusa Island, Engineer Group, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Louisiade White-eye (Zosterops griseotinctus) [XC41132]
by John Dumbacher from Nare Island, Near Anagusa Island, Engineer Group, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Rennell White-eye (Zosterops rennellianus), Vella Lavella White-eye (Zosterops vellalavella), Ranongga White-eye (Zosterops splendidus), Gizo White-eye (Zosterops luteirostris) and Solomons White-eye (Zosterops kulambangrae), possibly with Kolombangara White-eye (Zosterops murphyi) a member of same group. Sometimes considered conspecific with Rennell White-eye (Zosterops rennellianus).

Proposed subspecies ottomeyeri (described from Nauna I, in Admiralty Is) is merged with eichhorni, and aignani (Misima, in Louisiade Archipelago) is synonymized with nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

eichhorni Hartert, 1926 - Nauna (eastern Admiralty Is); Nissan (Green Is), east of Bismarcks; and islands of Vitiaz Strait (Crown, Long, Tolokiwa), between New Britain and New Guinea.
longirostris Ramsay, EP, 1879 - Rogeia I (Heath I), in Milne Bay (off extreme south-eastern tip of New Guinea); Bonvouloir Group (East I and Hastings I), in western Louisiade Archipelago; and Alcester I (between Woodlark I and Louisiades).
griseotinctus Gray, 1858 - West-central and central Louisiade Archipelago in Conflict Group (Panasesa Is), Kimuta, Deboyne Group (Panepompom Is), Renard Is and Misima.
pallidipes De Vis, 1890 - Rossel, in eastern Louisiade Archipelago.

References
See References.

Files:

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