Mindanao White-eye

SCI Name:  Lophozosterops goodfellowi
Protonym:  Zosterops goodfellowi Bull.Br.Orn.Club 14 p.13
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Zosteropidae / Lophozosterops
Taxonomy Code:  minwhe1
Type Locality:  Mt. Apo, 8,000 ft., Mindanao.
Author:  Hartert, E
Publish Year:  1903
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

Lophozosterops
(syn. Heleia Ϯ Crested White-eye H. dohertyi) Gr. λοφος lophos  crest; genus Zosterops Vigors & Horsfield, 1826, white-eye; "Lophozosterops gen. nov.   A series of a pretty little bird from the mountain of Tambora cannot, without violence, be united with any genus known to us.  I am, therefore, obliged to create a new genus for its reception.  In its wing-formula it agrees best with Zosterops, to which genus it seems most nearly allied.  The nasal aperture is covered from above with a strong operculum, the beak rather strong and stout.  Tail shaped as in Zosterops.  Tarsus distinctly, though only about 4 mm., longer than middle toe with claw, and covered with seven or eight strongly marked scutellae.  Wing longer than tail.  Plumage soft and full, as in Zosterops.  Eye surrounded by a narrow ring of white feathers.  Head with a full crest.  Coloration above olive, below yellow; crested top of head of different colour, i.e. blackish brown with white streaks.   Type: Lophozosterops dohertyi.   *15. Lophozosterops dohertyi sp. nov.  ...  Hab. Volcano of Tambora [Sumbawa], 1000 to 3000 feet high." (Hartert 1896).

goodfellowi
Walter Goodfellow (1866-1953) English explorer, ornithologist, collector in Colombia, Ecuador, New Guinea, the Philippines and Taiwan (Brachypteryx, syn. Casuarius bennetti westermanni, syn. Ceyx margarethae, Cicinnurus regius x Diphyllodes magnificus, syn. Eos bornea, syn. Erythrura trichroa sigillifera, Heleia, syn. Pheugopedius euophrys longipes, subsp. Pitta novaeguineae, Regulus, syn. Strix albitarsis, subsp. Turdus ignobilis, Vauriella).

SUBSPECIES

Mindanao White-eye (goodfellowi)
SCI Name: Lophozosterops goodfellowi goodfellowi
goodfellowi
Walter Goodfellow (1866-1953) English explorer, ornithologist, collector in Colombia, Ecuador, New Guinea, the Philippines and Taiwan (Brachypteryx, syn. Casuarius bennetti westermanni, syn. Ceyx margarethae, Cicinnurus regius x Diphyllodes magnificus, syn. Eos bornea, syn. Erythrura trichroa sigillifera, Heleia, syn. Pheugopedius euophrys longipes, subsp. Pitta novaeguineae, Regulus, syn. Strix albitarsis, subsp. Turdus ignobilis, Vauriella).

Mindanao White-eye (malindangensis)
SCI Name: Lophozosterops goodfellowi malindangensis
malindangensis
Mt. Malindang, Mindanao, Philippines.

Mindanao White-eye (gracilis)
SCI Name: Lophozosterops goodfellowi gracilis
gracilis
L. gracilis or gracilus  slender, elegant, slim, thin.
● “has many characters in common with the Ptilotis chrysotis ... and the Ptilotis similis ... but it differs from both in the greater slenderness of its form, in its diminutive size, and, especially from the former, in the uniform colouring of its throat and abdomen” (Gould 1866) (Microptilotis).
● ex “Gracile Goatsucker” of Latham 1801 (syn. Podargus strigoides).