Zosterops
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Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the Afrotropical, Indomalayan, and Australasian realms. Typical white-eyes have a length of between . Their most characteristic feature is a conspicuous white feather ring around the eye, though some species lack it. The species in this group vary in the structural adaptations of the tongue. The Zosterops [griseotinctus] group is an example of a "great speciator" inhabiting a vas
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Zosterops is a genus of birds within the family Zosteropidae. It belongs to the order Passeriformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Vigors & Horsfield, with citations appearing in 1826 and 1827. Its taxonomic status is accepted.
Specimen records for this genus are held by institutions including RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, ROM, WFVZ, YPM, and USNM. These records originate from countries such as Comoros, Philippines, Madagascar, Laos, and the United States. The genus has 3,241,307 occurrences and 1,701 records, including 863 media items.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyZosteropidae
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- Specimen records
- 1,701
- With media
- 863
- Family
- Zosteropidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, ROM, WFVZ, YPM, USNM
- Recorded in
- Comoros, Philippines, Madagascar, Laos, United States, Indonesia, Japan, Papua, New Guinea
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- Parent taxon
- Zosteropidae
- Image
- Japanese white-eye at Tennōji Park in Osaka, January 2016 II.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Zosterops
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- taxon author citation
- Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
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Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the Afrotropical, Indomalayan, and Australasian realms. Typical white-eyes have a length of between . Their most characteristic feature is a conspicuous white feather ring around the eye, though some species lack it. The species in this group vary in the structural adaptations of the tongue. The Zosterops [griseotinctus] group is an example of a "great speciator" inhabiting a vast area and showing a remarkable morphological differentiation on islands, some of which may be as close as apart.
==Systematics== The genus Zosterops was introduced by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827. The name combines the Ancient Greek words zōstēros "belt" or "girdle" and ōpos "eye". The type species was designated as the Malagasy white-eye by René Lesson in 1828.
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