Green-backed White-eye (Zosterops xanthochroa)

Other Names (World)
Green-backed White-eye, New Caledonian White-eye

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1859

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

New Caledonia (B).

Mare Island in the Loyalty Islands group, New Caledonia.

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 thin 'see-see-see'.

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

Green-backed White-eye (Zosterops xanthochroa) [XC40110]
by Phil Gregory from Les Grandes Fongeres, Farino, New Caledonia, France (call)

Green-backed White-eye (Zosterops xanthochroa) [XC40109]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Les Grandes Fongeres, Farino, New Caledonia, France (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Affinities unclear. May form a superspecies with Fiji White-eye (Zosterops explorator), Vanuatu White-eye (Zosterops flavifrons) and Small Lifou White-eye (Zosterops minutus).

References
See References.

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