Everett's White-eye

Zosterops everetti Tweeddale, 1878

Everett's White-eye, Zosterops everetti, is a passerine of the Zosteropidae found in the Talaud Islands, the Visayas, Mindanao group and the Sulu Archipelago in the eastern Philippines. It also occurs in northern Sulawesi. It lives in primary and secondary forest, scrubland, tropical moist lowland forest and tropical moist montane forest, up to 1,000 metres above sea level. The bird is named for Alfred Hart Everett. Six subspecies are recognised across its range, including forms from Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Basilan, Mindanao, Sulu, Tawitawi and the Talaud Islands.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Zosteropidae — White-eyes

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Talaud Is. (ne of ne Sulawesi), Visayas (except westernmost), Mindanao group and Sulu Arch. (ec, s Philippines)