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Yellowish White-eye (Zosterops nigrorum)

Yellowish White-eye
Photo: Francesco Veronesi via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Yellowish White-eye

The yellowish white-eye (Zosterops nigrorum) or golden-yellow white-eye, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. Eight subspecies are recognised: Z. n. richmondi McGregor, RC, 1904 – Cagayancillo Islands (southeast of Palawan, southwestern Philippines) Z. n. meyleri McGregor, RC, 1907 – northern Philippines (Camiguin Norte) Z. n. aureiloris Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1895 – northern Philippines (northwestern Luzon) Z. n. innominatus Finsch, FHO, 1901 – northern Philippines (northeastern and central Luzon) Z. n. luzonicus Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1895 – northern Philippines (southeastern Luzon and Catanduanes) Z. n. catarmanensis Rand, AL & Rabor, DS, 1969 – southern Philippines (Camiguin Sur)

Source: Yellowish white-eye on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 9 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-ND · 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

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Listed as recorded in Philippines in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.