Broad-ringed white-eye

Bird species in the family Zosteropidae

Broad-ringed white-eye
In captivity at Tierpark Hagenbeck in Hamburg, Germany
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. eurycricotus
Binomial name
Zosterops eurycricotus
Fischer, G.A. & Reichenow, 1884

The broad-ringed white-eye (Zosterops eurycricotus) or Kilimanjaro white-eye is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in northeast Tanzania.

The broad-ringed white-eye was formerly considered a subspecies of the montane white-eye, now Heuglin's white-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus).[2][3]

Illustration by Keulemans (1889)

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International 2017. Zosterops eurycricotus (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103891241A113128880. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103891241A113128880.en. Downloaded on 20 August 2019.
  2. ^ Pearson, D.J.; Turner, D.A. (2017). "A taxonomic review of the genus Zosterops in East Africa, with a revised list of species occurring in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania". Scopus. 37: 1–13.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Zosterops eurycricotus
  • Wikidata: Q31874059
  • Wikispecies: Zosterops eurycricotus
  • Avibase: A23B8E7A7C1D67CC
  • BirdLife: 103891241
  • GBIF: 10680091
  • IUCN: 103891241
  • NCBI: 2731879
  • Xeno-canto: Zosterops-eurycricotus


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