Orange River White-eye
Zosterops pallidusSwainson, WJ, 1838
English (US) Orange River White-eye
The Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus) 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: Namibia and northern South Africa (Northern Cape, North West, and Free State)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zosterops pallidus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Orange River White-eye
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1838
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Zosterops pallida
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1838
- Type locality
- South Africa; restricted to 10 miles east of Prieska, Cape Province, by Grant and Mackworth-Praed, 1957, Ostrich, 28, p. 174.
- Original description
- Animals in Menageries. In: The Cabinet Cyclopædia conducted by the Rev. Dionysius Lardner p.294
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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