Seram White-eye
Zosterops stalkeri
A small green-backed songbird with a bold white eye-ring, a black face, a yellow throat, a white belly, and a yellow base to the undertail. Occurs in forest and nearby secondary growth in lowlands and foothills, sometimes in small groups. Confined to Seram. Conspicuous white eye-ring separates it from all other species except Warbling and Ambon White-eyes, from which it differs in its black forehead. Gives chattering “twee” call notes and a short, rapidly undulating twittering song: “titli-titli-titli.”
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Zosterops stalkeri
- Authority
- Ogilvie-Grant, 1910
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Zosteropidae
- Genus
- Zosterops
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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