Ethiopian White-eye
Zosterops poliogastrusHeuglin, MT, 1861
English (US) Ethiopian White-eye
The Ethiopian White-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus) 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: mountains of Eritrea and EthiopiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zosterops poliogastrus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ethiopian White-eye
- Described by
- Heuglin, MT, 1861
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Zosterops poliogastra
- Described by
- Heuglin, MT, 1861
- Type locality
- highlands of Abyssinia.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.1, vol.3, no.12 p.357
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Zosterops melanocephalus
Forest White-eye
Zosterops stenocricotus
Green White-eye
Zosterops stuhlmanni
Broad-ringed White-eye
Zosterops eurycricotus
Fernando Po Speirops
Zosterops brunneus
Kafa White-eye
Zosterops kaffensis
Kikuyu White-eye
Zosterops kikuyuensis
Principe White-eye
Zosterops ficedulinus
Annobon White-eye
Zosterops griseovirescens
Sao Tome White-eye
Zosterops feae
Black-capped Speirops
Zosterops lugubris
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