Mauritius Olive White-eye
Zosterops chloronothos(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Mauritius Olive White-eye
The Mauritius Olive White-eye (Zosterops chloronothos) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Zosteropidae (White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: highlands of Mauritius (western Mascarene Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zosterops chloronothos
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Mauritius Olive White-eye
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Dicaeum chloronothos
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- no locality.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 9 p.408
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Warbling White-eye
Zosterops japonicus
Indian White-eye
Zosterops palpebrosus
Lowland White-eye
Zosterops meyeni
Marianne White-eye
Zosterops semiflavus
Karthala White-eye
Zosterops mouroniensis
Reunion Olive White-eye
Zosterops olivaceus
Reunion Grey White-eye
Zosterops borbonicus
Mauritius Grey White-eye
Zosterops mauritianus
Abyssinian White-eye
Zosterops abyssinicus
Socotra White-eye
Zosterops socotranus
Mount Cameroon Speirops
Zosterops melanocephalus
Forest White-eye
Zosterops stenocricotus
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