General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
The Chinese name for the white-eyes is 繡眼 'embroidery eye' or 繡眼鳥 , 'embroidery eye bird'. A number of alternative names exist.
Species names
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Other Ch |
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Other J |
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| Zosterops japonicus Zosterops japonica |
Japanese white-eye Dark green white-eye |
綠繡眼 'green embroidered eye' |
暗綠繡眼鳥 'dark green embroidered eye bird' |
粉眼兒 'powder eye' (Beijing) 繡眼鳥 'embroidered eye bird' 繡眼兒 'embroidered eye' 白眼兒 'white eye' 白目眶 'white eye socket' 白日眶 'white day eye socket' (mistaken?) 粉燕兒 'powder swallow' 南粉眼 'southern powder eye' (cf Z. erythropleura above) 相思 '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' |
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| Zosterops meyeni |
Lowland White-eye Philippine White-eye |
低地繡眼 'low land embroidered eye' 巴丹綠繡眼 'Batan green embroidered eye' (Batan is an island between Luzon and Taiwan) (former Taiwan official name) |
低地繡眼鳥 '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' |
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