Species profile
Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis
Quick answer
TYPE MATERIAL: We can find no indication in Sundevall’s original description text that he had more than a single specimen at hand, but according to his acquisition catalogue he apparently had three available. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 35) refers to NRM 568713 [6678] as a “ type ”; we treat this as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 5 August 1843 north of the Vaal River. The two paralectotypes are: NRM 555448 [6679], a study skin of an adult female collected 5 August 1843 north of the Vaal River; and a specimen [6677] of unknown sex and only noted as “ Caffr. Inf. ” sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (but not found in the ZMB database). VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: North of Vaal River, North West Province.
- Scientific name
- Zosterops lateralis
- Family
- Zosteropidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Zosterops
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Zosteropidae
- Abyssinian White-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus)
- African Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis)
- Aldabra White-eye (Zosterops aldabrensis)
- Ambon White-eye (Zosterops kuehni)
- Anjouan White-eye (Zosterops anjuanensis)
- Annobon White-eye (Zosterops griseovirescens)
- Ashy-bellied White-eye (Zosterops citrinella)
- Australian Yellow White-eye (Zosterops luteus)