African yellow white-eye
| African yellow white-eye | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. senegalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops senegalensis Bonaparte, 1850 | |
The African yellow white-eye (Zosterops senegalensis) is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family.
Taxonomy
The taxa from Central Africa, by most authorities considered subspecies of the African yellow white-eye, is now usually considered a separate species, the forest white-eye, (Zosterops stenocricotus).
Distribution and habitat
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Zosterops senegalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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