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General names

Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.

The Chinese name for the white-eyes is 繡眼 xiù-yǎn 'embroidery eye' or 繡眼鳥 xiù-yǎn-niǎo, 'embroidery eye bird'. A number of alternative names exist.

Species names

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Zosterops japonicus
Zosterops japonica		 Japanese white-eye
Dark green white-eye 		綠繡眼
(绿绣眼)
lǜ xiù-yǎn
'green embroidered eye'		 (暗綠繡眼鳥)
暗绿绣眼鸟
àn-lǜ xiù-yǎn-niǎo
'dark green embroidered eye bird'		 粉眼兒
(粉眼儿)
fěn-yǎnr
'powder eye' (Beijing)
繡眼鳥
(绣眼鸟)
xiù-yǎn-niǎo
'embroidered eye bird'
繡眼兒
(绣眼儿)
xiù-yǎnr
'embroidered eye'
白眼兒
(白眼儿)
bái-yǎnr
'white eye'
白目眶
(白目眶)
bái-mù kuàng
'white eye socket'
白日眶
(白日眶)
bái-rì kuàng
'white day eye socket' (mistaken?)
粉燕兒
(粉燕儿)
fěn-yànr
'powder swallow'
南粉眼
(南粉眼)
nán fěn-yǎnr
'southern powder eye' (cf Z. erythropleura above)
相思
(相思)
xiāng-sī
'mutual thought' (7) cf. Leiothrix 		メジロ
(目白)
me-jiro
'white-eye'		   동박새
dong-bak-sae
'dong bak bird (=tit)'		 Chim Vành khuyên Nhật Bản
'Japanese circle-rim (bird)'
Zosterops meyeni
link to photo		 Lowland White-eye
Philippine White-eye		 低地繡眼
(低地绣眼鸟)
dī-dì xiù-yǎn
'low land embroidered eye'
巴丹綠繡眼
(巴丹绣眼鸟)
bādān lǜ xiù-yǎn
'Batan green embroidered eye' (Batan is an island between Luzon and Taiwan) (former Taiwan official name) 		(低地繡眼鳥)
低地绣眼鸟
dī-dì xiù-yǎn-niǎo
'low land embroidered eye bird' (4)		   フィリピンメジロ
(フィリピン目白)
Firipin me-jiro
'Philippine white-eye'		      
(Site uses UK spelling, e.g., "grey-coloured")