Broad-ringed white-eye

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.

Broad-ringed white-eye

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. eurycricotus
Binomial name
Zosterops eurycricotus

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

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.
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