Zosteropidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sylvioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Sylvioidea

Familia: Zosteropidae
Genera: Apalopteron – Cleptornis – Dasycrotapha – Heleia – Megazosterops – Parayuhina – Rukia – Staphida – Sterrhoptilus – Tephrozosterops – Yuhina – Zosterornis – Zosterops

Genera synonymized: Chlorocharis – Speirops – Woodfordia – into Zosterops; Lophozosterops – Oculocincta – into Heleia.

Genera transferred to other familia: Hypocryptadius – to Passeridae.

Name

Zosteropidae Bonaparte, 1853

Typus: Zosterops Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

References

Primary references

Bonaparte, C.L. 1853. Classification ornithologique par séries. Compte Rendu des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 37: 641–647. Mallet-Bachelier: Paris. BHL Reference page. p. 644 as Zosteropinae BHL

Additional references

Springer, M.S., Higuchi, H., Ueda, K., Minton, J. & Sibley, C.G.(1995). Molecular Evidence That the Bonin Islands "Honeyeater" Is a White-eye. Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology. 27(2): 66–77_1. DOI: 10.3312/jyio1952.27.66 Reference page.
LeCroy, M., 2011. Type Specimens of Birds in the American Museum of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae and Meliphagidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 348: 1–184. DOI: 10.1206/724.1
Fjeldså, J.; Irestedt, M.; Ericson, P.G.P.; & Zuccon, D. 2010. The Cinnamon Ibon Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus is a forest canopy sparrow. Ibis 152: 747–760. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01053.x PDF Reference page.
Moyle R.G.; Filardi, C.E.; Smith, C.E.; & Diamond, J.M. 2009. Explosive Pleistocene diversification and hemispheric expansion of a "great speciator". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/PNAS 106: 1863–1868. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809861105 Reference page.
Lim, B.T.M.; Sadanandan, K.R.; Dingle, C.; Leung, Y.Y.; Prawiradilaga, D.M., Irham, M.; Ashari, H.; Lee, J.G.H.; & Rheindt, F.E. 2018. Molecular evidence suggests radical revision of species limits in the great speciator white-eye genus Zosterops. Journal of Ornithology 160: 1–16. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-018-1583-7 Reference page.
Cai, T., Cibois, A., Alström, P., Moyle, R.G., Kennedy, J.D., Shao, S., Zhang, R., Irestedt, M., Ericson, P.G.P, Gelang, M., Qu, Y., Lei, F. & Fjeldså, J. 2019. Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world’s babblers (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 346–356. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Brillenvögel
English: White-eyes
suomi: Rillit
日本語: メジロ科
Nederlands: Brilvogels
norsk: Brillefugler
русский: Белоглазковые