Mountain Blackeye (Zosterops emiliae) [XC38903]
by Frank Lambert from Summit Trail around 2 km, Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call)
Mountain Blackeye (Zosterops emiliae) [XC771787]
by Kim Chuah Lim from Panar Laban, Malaysia (dawn song)
Subspecies
Geographical variation somewhat clinal, from large, long-tailed and dark in north of range to smaller, relatively shorter-tailed and paler in south.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
emiliae Sharpe, 1888 - Mt Tambuyukon and Mt Kinabalu, in
northern Borneo.
fusciceps (Mees, 1954) - Maga Mts (southern part of Crocker
Range), in northern Borneo.
trinitae (Harrisson, 1957) - Mt Trus Madi, in northern Borneo.
moultoni (Chasen & Kloss, 1927) - Mountains of northern and
western Borneo: Mulu, Murud, Tama Abu Range and Poi (Pueh) Range (in
Sarawak) and Mt Niyut (in western Kalimantan).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet