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.”
识别特征
The Seram white-eye (Zosterops stalkeri) is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is an endemic resident breeder in open woodland in Seram, Indonesia. It was formerly considered conspecific with black-fronted white-eye, Zosterops minor, but work by Pamela C. Rasmussen and her colleagues showed that it is a separate species. The same research also confirmed the specific status of the Sangihe white-eye, Zosterops nehrkorni. Compared to related taxa, the bill of Seram white-eye is paler, deeper, and broader at the base. Its eye-ring is narrow and broken at the front. The crown and sides of the head are black and the upperparts are dark bronze. The rump is a distinctive yellow-bronze. The sides of the breast and flanks are greyish-white, the undertail-coverts are orange-yellow, the thighs are whitish, and the uppertail is brownish-black. The sexes are similar, but immatures have the throat greener and more diffuse, with more black mixed into the chin feathers. Its song also differs from that of related species. Though mainly insectivorous, the Seram white-eye will also eat nectar and fruits of various kinds.
分类信息
Genus: Zosterops; Family: Zosteropidae; Order: Passeriformes.
- 学名
- Zosterops stalkeri
- 命名信息
- Ogilvie-Grant, 1910
- 目
- Passeriformes
- 科
- Zosteropidae
- 属
- Zosterops
分布与栖息地
- 迁徙
- Resident species
行为
Migration pattern: Resident species.
保护状况
Population trend: declining.
- 种群趋势
- declining
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其他鸟类
Seram Boobook
Ninox squamipila
Large dark-eyed boobook, endemic to Seram, where it inhabits lowland and foothill forests. Very different from other boobooks, with its finely barred white belly and dark brown eyes. Gives a very deep, echoing “huhuhuhuhu.” Formerly lumped with Buru Boobook under the name “Hantu Boobook.”
Spot-breasted Fantail
Rhipidura albogularis
A fantail flycatcher with white throat, spotted breast, and white belly. Upperparts are slaty-brown while wings are grayer and tail darker, with narrow buff tips to all tail feathers except the central pair. It has a white supercilium with a speckled dark-slaty necklace separating the creamy white belly from the throat. Juvenile like adult, but has dull rufous tips to wing coverts. Hybridizes with White-throated Fantail in the northern Eastern Ghats; hybrids show features of both species. Call is as short nasal “cherr.” Song is a melodious 5- to 8-note phrase that variously ascends and descends.
Plain-bellied Emerald
Chrysuronia leucogaster
Plainly patterned green-and-white hummingbird. Note entirely white underparts and reddish base of bill. Forages actively on flowers like other hummingbirds. Generally absent from regions of undisturbed forest; found in urban areas, mangroves, abandoned plantations, and second-growth scrub; most common in coastal areas. Very similar to White-chested Emerald and may not be safely separable unless seen well; Plain-bellied has longer bill with reddish base.
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