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.
Translated Descriptions (4)
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Le Zostérops de Céram (Zosterops stalkeri) est une espèce d'oiseaux de la famille des Zosteropidae.
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De cerambrilvogel (Zosterops stalkeri) is een zangvogel uit de familie Zosteropidae (brilvogels). Deze soort is onderdeel van een soortencomplex van nauw verwante brilvogelsoorten waaronder de kleine zwartvoorhoofdbrilvogel (Z. minor), sangirbrilvogel (Z. nehrkorni) en de zwartvoorhoofdbrilvogel (Z. atrifrons). Het is een endemische vogelsoort uit Indonesië.
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Zosterops stalkeri — вид воробьиных птиц из семейства белоглазковых.
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Seramglasögonfågel (Zosterops stalkeri) är en fågel i familjen glasögonfåglar inom ordningen tättingar.
