Pale white-eye
The pale white-eye also known as Kenya white-eye[2] (Zosterops flavilateralis) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in central and eastern Kenya and in eastern Tanzania.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. flavilateralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops flavilateralis Reichenow, 1892 | |
The pale white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Abyssinian white-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus) but is now treated as a separate species.[3][4][5]
References
- BirdLife International 2017. Zosterops flavilateralis (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103889267A113126673. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103889267A113126673.en. Downloaded on 20 August 2019.
- "Zosterops flavilateralis (Kenya White-eye) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- Cox, S.C. (2013). Molecular Systematics and Diversification of African Zosteropidae (Aves: Passeriformes) (PhD). University College London.
- 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.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
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