Ghosts and entanglements in one drawer of a natural history collection: The White-eyes (Aves, Passeriformes, Zosteropidae) of World Museum, Liverpool

John-James Wilson

doi:10.3897/nhcm.2.155136

Historical study

Natural History Collections and Museomics 2: 1-52
https://doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.2.155136 (13 Nov 2025)

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Introduction
Acquisition history, documentation, study and destruction of the Museum’s White-eyes
- Before 1894
- 1894 to 1941
- 1941 to present
Catalogue of the Museum’s White-eyes
- Heleia javanica frontalis (Reichenbach HGL, 1852)
- Heleia squamifrons (Sharpe RB, 1892)
- Zosterops ceylonensis Holdsworth EWH, 1872
- Zosterops nigrorum Tweeddale A, 1878
- Zosterops nigrorum luzonicus Ogilvie-Grant WR, 1895
- Zosterops atricapilla atricapilla Salvadori AT, 1879
- Zosterops flavilateralis flavilateralis Reichenow A, 1892
- Zosterops erythropleurus Swinhoe R, 1863
- Zosterops simplex simplex Swinhoe R, 1861
- Zosterops simplex erwini Chasen FN, 1935
- Zosterops emiliae emiliae (Sharpe RB, 1888)
- Zosterops japonicus japonicus Temminck CJ, Schlegel H, 1845
- Zosterops japonicus stejnegeri Seebohm H, 1891
- Zosterops japonicus loochooensis Tristram HB, 1889
- Zosterops japonicus difficilis Robinson HC, Kloss CB, 1918
- Zosterops palpebrosus (Temminck CJ, 1824)
- Zosterops palpebrosus occidentis Ticehurst CB, 1927
- Zosterops palpebrosus palpebrosus (Temminck CJ, 1824)
- Zosterops palpebrosus nilgiriensis Ticehurst CB, 1927
- Zosterops palpebrosus egregius Madarász G, 1911
- Zosterops palpebrosus siamensis Blyth E, 1867
- Zosterops palpebrosus nicobaricus Blyth E, 1845
- Zosterops meyeni meyeni Bonaparte CLJL, 1850
- Zosterops semiflavus Newton E, 1867
- Zosterops olivaceus (Linnaeus C, 1766)
- Zosterops chloronothos (Vieillot LJP, 1817)
- Zosterops borbonicus (Pennant T, 1781)
- Zosterops mauritianus (Gmelin JF, 1789)
- Zosterops abyssinicus abyssinicus Guérin-Méneville FÉ, 1843
- Zosterops socotranus Neumann OR, 1908
- Zosterops poliogastrus Heuglin MT, 1861
- Zosterops senegalensis senegalensis Bonaparte CLJL, 1850
- Zosterops pallidus Swainson WJ, 1838
- Zosterops virens capensis Sundevall CJ, 1850
- Zosterops virens virens Sundevall CJ, 1850
- Zosterops modestus Newton E, 1867
- Zosterops maderaspatanus anjuanensis Newton E, 1877
- Zosterops maderaspatanus maderaspatanus (Linnaeus C, 1766)
- Zosterops kirki Shelley GE, 1880
- Zosterops chloris chloris Bonaparte CLJL, 1850
- Zosterops atrifrons atrifrons Wallace AR, 1864
- Zosterops minor chrysolaemus Salvadori AT, 1876
- Zosterops minor delicatulus Sharpe RB, 1882
- Zosterops citrinella citrinella Bonaparte CLJL, 1850
- Zosterops citrinella albiventris Reichenbach HGL, 1852
- Zosterops luteus luteus Gould J, 1843
- Zosterops lateralis (Latham J, 1801)
- Zosterops lateralis westernensis (Quoy JRC, Gaimard JP, 1832)
- Zosterops lateralis tephropleurus Gould J, 1855
- Zosterops lateralis chloronotus Gould J, 1841
- Zosterops lateralis griseonota Gray GR, 1859
- Zosterops lateralis melanops Gray GR, 1860
- Zosterops lateralis vatensis Tristram HB, 1879
- Zosterops lateralis flaviceps Peale TR, 1849
- Zosterops melanurus buxtoni Nicholson F, 1879
- Zosterops everetti Tweeddale A, 1878
- Zosterops sanctaecrucis Tristram HB, 1894
- Zosterops fuscicapilla fuscicapilla Salvadori AT, 1876
- Zosterops flavifrons (Gmelin JF, 1789)
- Zosterops flavifrons efatensis Mayr E, 1937
- Zosterops flavifrons flavifrons (Gmelin JF, 1789)
- Zosterops flavifrons majusculus Murphy RC, Mathews GM, 1929
- Zosterops explorator Layard EL, 1875
- Zosterops hypoxanthus hypoxanthus Salvadori AT, 1881
- Zosterops mysorensis Meyer AB, 1874
- Zosterops finschii (Hartlaub KJG, 1868)
- Zosterops ponapensis Finsch FHO, 1876
- Zosterops cinereus (Kittlitz FH, 1832)
- Zosterops metcalfii metcalfii Tristram HB, 1894
- Zosterops novaeguineae novaeguineae Salvadori AT, 1878
- Zosterops novaeguineae wuroi Mayr E, Rand AL, 1935
- Zosterops kuehni Hartert EJO, 1906
- Zosterops grayi Wallace AR, 1864
- Zosterops uropygialis Salvadori AT, 1874
- Zosterops tetiparius paradoxus Mees GF, 1955
- Zosterops natalis (Lister JJ, 1889)
- Zosterops conspicillatus conspicillatus (Kittlitz FH, 1833)
- Zosterops semperi semperi Hartlaub KJG, 1868
- Zosterops semperi owstoni Hartert EJO, 1900
- Zosterops inornatus Layard EL, 1878
- Zosterops albogularis Gould J, 1837
- Zosterops strenuus Gould J, 1855
- Zosterops tenuirostris Gould J, 1837
- Zosterops minutus Layard EL, 1878
- Zosterops xanthochroa Gray GR, 1859
- Zosterops obscura (uncertain status)
- Collection summary
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