Spectacled Tetraka (Xanthomixis zosterops) [XC158262]
by Mike Nelson from Chez Aroll, Masoala NP, Madagascar (call)
Spectacled Tetraka (Xanthomixis) [XC622819]
by Ken Behrens from Bemanevika, Bealanana District, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (call)
Subspecies
Relationships of genus with rest of family uncertain. Probably, on basis of similarities in plumage pattern, most closely related to little-known Dusky Tetraka (Crossleyia tenebrosa).
Proposed subspecies andapae (Andapa) and ankafanae (Ankafana Forest, in Fianarantsoa) are poorly differentiated, and thus treated as synonyms of nominate.
zosterops (Sharpe, 1875) - Eastern and south-western Madagascar (Manongarivo and Tsaratanana Massif south to Tolagnaro, also isolated population at Analavelona).