Zosterops japonicus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Zosterops

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 132 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

Z. abyssinica (White-Breasted White-Eye) · Z. abyssinicus (White-Breasted White-Eye) · Z. abyssinicus abyssinicus (White-Breasted White-Eye) · Z. albogularis (White-Breasted Silvereye) · Z. anomala (Lemon-Throated White-Eye) · Z. anomalus (Lemon-Throated White-Eye) · Z. atricapilla (Black-Capped White-Eye) · Z. atricapillus (Black-Capped White-Eye) · Z. atriceps (Creamy-Throated White-Eye) · Z. atrifrons (Moluccan Black-Fronted White-Eye) · Z. atrifrons atrifrons (Moluccan Black-Fronted White-Eye) · Z. borbonica (Mascarene Grey White-Eye) · Z. borbonicus (Grey White-Eye) · Z. buruensis (Buru Island White-Eye) · Z. capensis (Cape White-Eye) · Z. ceylonensis (Large Sri Lanka White-Eye) · Z. chloris (Yellow-Bellied White-Eye) · Z. chloronothos (Mauritius Olive White-Eye) · Z. chloronothus (Mauritius Olive White-Eye) · Z. cinerea (Grey-Brown White-Eye) · Z. cinereus (Grey Brown White-Eye) · Z. citrinella (Ashy-Bellied White-Eye) · Z. citrinellus (Ashy-Bellied White-Eye) · Z. consobrinorum (Pale-Bellied White-Eye) · Z. conspicillata (Bridled White-Eye) · Z. conspicillata conspicillata (Bridled White-Eye) · Z. conspicillatus (Bridled White-Eye) · Z. conspicillatus conspicillatus (Bridled White-Eye) · Z. erythropleura (Chestnut-Flanked White-Eye) · Z. erythropleurus (Chestnut-Flanked White-Eye) · Z. everetti (Everett's White-Eye) · Z. explorator (Layard's White-Eye) · Z. ficedulina (Principe White-Eye) · Z. ficedulinus (S?o Tom? White-Eye) · Z. finschii (Dusky White-Eye) · Z. flava (Javan White-Eye) · Z. flavifrons (Yellow-Fronted White-Eye) · Z. flavifrons flavifrons (Yellow-Fronted White-Eye) · (Javan White-Eye) · Z. fuscicapilla (Yellow-Bellied Mountain White-Eye) · Z. fuscicapillus (Yellow-Bellied Mountain White-Eye) · Z. gibbsi (Vanikoro White-Eye) · Z. gouldi (Western Silver-Eye) · (Pearl-Bellied White-Eye) · Z. griseotincta (Rennell Island White-Eye) · Z. griseotinctus (Louisiades White-Eye) · Z. griseovirescens (Annobón White-Eye) · Z. hypolais (Plain White-Eye) · Z. hypoxanthus (Black-Headed White-Eye) · Z. inornata (Large Lifu White-Eye) · Z. inornatus (Large Lifou White-Eye) · Z. japonica (Japanese White-Eye) · Z. japonica japonica (Japanese White-Eye) · Z. japonicus (Japanese White-Eye) · Z. japonicus japonicus (Japanese White-Eye) · Z. kirki (Kirk's White-Eye) · (Ambon Yellow White-Eye) · Z. kulalensis (Kulal White-Eye) · Z. kulambangrae (Solomon Islands White-Eye) · Z. lateralis (Grey-Backed White-Eye) · Z. lateralis lateralis (Grey-Backed White-Eye) · Z. lutea (Australian Yellow White-Eye) · Z. luteirostris (Ganonga White-Eye) · Z. luteus (Australian Yellow White-Eye) · Z. luteus luteus (Australian Yellow White-Eye) · Z. maderaspatana (Madagascar White-Eye) · Z. maderaspatanus (Madagascar White-Eye) · Z. maderaspatanus maderaspatanus (Madagascar White-Eye) · Z. mayottensis (Chestnut-Sided White-Eye) · Z. meeki (Sudest White-Eye) · Z. metcalfii (Yellow-Throated White-Eye) · Z. meyeni (Philippine White-Eye) · Z. minor (New Guinea Black-Fronted White-Eye) · Z. minuta (Small Lifu White-Eye) · Z. minutus (Small Lifou White-Eye) · Z. modesta (Seychelles Brown White-Eye) · Z. modestus (Seychelles Grey White-Eye) · Z. montanus (Mountain White-Eye) · Z. mouroniensis (Mount Karthala White-Eye) · Z. murphyi (Kulambangra Mountain White-Eye) · Z. mysorensis (Biak White-Eye) · Z. natalis (Christmas Island White-Eye) · Z. nehrkorni (Sangihe White-Eye) · Z. nigrorum (Philippine Yellow White-Eye) · Z. novaeguineae (New Guinea Mountain White-Eye) · (Olive-Colored White-Eye) · Z. olivacea (Reunion Olive White-Eye) · Z. olivaceus (R?union Olive White-Eye) · Z. pallida (Cape White-Eye) · Z. pallidus (Orange River White-Eye) · Z. pallidus pallidus (Orange River White-Eye) · Z. palpebrosa (Oriental White-Eye) · Z. palpebrosa palpebrosa (Oriental White-Eye) · Z. palpebrosus (Oriental White-Eye) · Z. palpebrosus palpebrosus (Oriental White-Eye) · Z. poliogaster (Kikuyu White-Eye) · Z. poliogaster poliogaster (Broad-Ringed White-Eye) · Z. poliogastrus (Broad Ringed White-Eye) · Z. rendovae (Solomon Islands White-Eye) · Z. rendovae rendovae (Solomon Islands White-Eye)

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Further Reading

• A hand-list of the birds of Japan, by M. Ogawa. [Tokyo]1908. url p. 405.
• A revised catalogue of the birds of China and its islands, with descriptions of new species, references to former notes, and occasional remarks. By Robert Swinhoe. London, 1871 url p. 13, p. 14.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 524.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 166.
• Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum / By E. W. Oates [and afterwards] by S. G. Reid [and] W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. London, 1901-12. url p. 4.
• Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British Museum (Natural History) London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1901-12. url p. 4.
• Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 588.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 291.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 131, p. 207, p. 331.
• Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States / Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks. Washington: Beverley Tucker, printer, 1856. url p. 221.
• Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters, Edinburgh, D. Douglas, 1880. url .
• Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 5 1995 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 185.
• Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems / [edited by], Edward T. LaRoe. .. [et al.]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1995. url p. 504, p. 530.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 677.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 317, p. 317, p. 349, p. 350, p. 394.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 28.
• The Avicultural magazine. Ascot, Berkshire, etc.: Avicultural Society, etc. url p. 26.
• The birds of the Japanese Empire. London, R. H. Porter, 1890. url , p. 68.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Zosterops japonicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• National Science Museum of Korea: National Science Museum of Korea Bird
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5704
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179912
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13546447
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179912
• IUCN ID: 249770
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBV01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 138761

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