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Species
Zosterops fuscicapilla Salvadori, 1876
Nomenclature
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Family: ZosteropidaeGenus: Zosterops
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SUMMARY
Male nominate race has forehead, lores and a streak under eyering black, black extending over anterior part of crown and merging with green nape; eyering white, rether narrow, broken at front by black spot; upperparts dark yellowish olive-green, rump yellower; wingtips and tail dusky brownish; throat and underparts yellowish olive green, becoming almost pure lomon-yellow on centre of belly and undertail-coverts; iris reddish-brown to dark brown; bill dark grey to blackish, basal half of lower mandible light grey; legs grey. Female is like male but on average duller, less yelowish. Juvenile has orange bill, lacks dark on face, has paler yellow flenks. Race crookshanki differs strikingly from nominate in having olive head like back, with black confined to a spot on lores, wider eyering, less yellow-toned underports, and vary greenish undertail-coverts.