- Zosteropidae - 繡眼科 -

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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.

SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH		CHINESE			JAPANESE		OTHER
Latin	English	Chinese (Taiwan)	Chinese (Mainland)	Other Ch	Japanese	Other J	Korean	Vietnamese
Zosterops
Zosterops japonicus Zosterops japonica	Japanese white-eye Dark green white-eye	綠繡眼 lǜ xiù-yǎn 'green embroidered eye'	暗綠繡眼鳥 àn-lǜ xiù-yǎn-niǎo 'dark green embroidered eye bird'	粉眼兒 fěn-yǎnr 'powder eye' (Beijing) 繡眼鳥 xiù-yǎn-niǎo 'embroidered eye bird' 繡眼兒 xiù-yǎnr 'embroidered eye' 白眼兒 bái-yǎnr 'white eye' 白目眶 bái-mù kuàng 'white eye socket' 白日眶 bái-rì kuàng 'white day eye socket' (mistaken?) 粉燕兒 fěn-yànr 'powder swallow' 南粉眼 nán fěn-yǎnr 'southern powder eye' (cf Z. erythropleura above) 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)'	Vành khuyên Nhật Bản 'Japanese white-eye'
Zosterops meyeni	Lowland White-eye Philippine White-eye	低地繡眼 dī-dì xiù-yǎn 'low land embroidered eye' 巴丹綠繡眼 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 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'

Zosteropidae / 繡眼科 (Xiù-yǎn kē)