Green white-eye

The green white-eye (Zosterops stuhlmanni) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Green white-eye
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. stuhlmanni
Binomial name
Zosterops stuhlmanni
Reichenow, 1892

The green white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the African yellow white-eye (since renamed the northern yellow white-eye) (Zosterops senegalensis). It is now considered as a separate species based in part on the phylogenetic relationships determined in a 2013 molecular study.[1][2][3][4]

Four subspecies are recognised:[4]

  • Z. s. stuhlmanni Reichenow, 1892 – northwest Tanzania, south and central Uganda
  • Z. s. reichenowi Dubois, AJC, 1911 – east D.R. Congo
  • Z. s. toroensis Reichenow, 1904 – northeast D.R. Congo and west Uganda
  • Z. s. scotti Neumann, 1899 – southwest Uganda (Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and above 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in the Virunga Mountains)

References
  1. Cox, S.C. (2013). Molecular Systematics and Diversification of African Zosteropidae (Aves: Passeriformes) (PhD). University College London.
  2. Cox, S.C.; Prys-Jones, R.P.; Habel, J.C.; Amakobe, B.A.; Day, J.J. (2014). "Niche divergence promotes rapid diversification of East African sky island white-eyes (Aves: Zosteropidae)". Molecular Ecology. 23: 4103–4118. doi:10.1111/mec.12840.
  3. 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.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 January 2019.



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