A new white-eye (Zosterops) from the Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.(Report) From: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Indrawan, Mochamad; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Sunarto | COPYRIGHT 2008 Wilson Ornithological Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

We encountered white-eyes (Zosterops) that did not match any known species during ornithological field observations in the Togian Islands, Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Subsequently, we collected a specimen and made tape recordings. We consider the Zosterops of the Togian Islands to be a new species that differs most strikingly from the Black-crowned White-eye (Z. atrifrons) in lacking a white eye ring and in soft-part colors. The new species has a somewhat higher-pitched, less modul...