Sightings of chestnut-flanked white-eye Zosterops erythropleurus: First report from Mizoram, India

Lalawmawia Sailo , Lawmsangzuala Chhangte, Rochamliana Aineh, H. Lalthanzara

Science Vision 18 (2), 78-80 | Published on 30 June 2018 | https://doi.org/10.33493/scivis.18.02.06

Abstract

In this paper we report the first confirmed sighting of chestnut-flanked white-eye Zosterops erythropleurus (Swinhoe, 1863) from Mizoram and first photographic report from India. chestnut-flanked white-eye belongs to the family Zosteropidae and is a resident of Cambodia, China, Hongkong, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam. In the Indian Sub-continent this is the only sighting report for this species and details of sightings and habitat are discussed.

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