Taita White-eye
Zosterops silvanusPeters, JL; Loveridge, A, 1935
English (US) Taita White-eye
The Taita White-eye (Zosterops silvanus) 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: southeastern Kenya (Taita Hills)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zosterops silvanus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Taita White-eye
- Described by
- Peters, JL; Loveridge, A, 1935
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Peters, JL; Loveridge, A, 1935
- Type locality
- Mt. Mbololo, 4,800 ft., Taita.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 48 p.77
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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