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Species of bird

Pale white-eye
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 also known as Kenya white-eye (Zosterops flavilateralis) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in Kenya, eastern Tanzania, southern Ethiopia and southern Somalia.

Taxonomy

The pale white-eye was formally described in 1892 by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow under the current binomial name Zosterops flavilateralis. The specific epithet flavilateralis combines Latin flavus meaning "yellow" with lateralis meaning "of the sides". 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.

Two subspecies are recognised:

  • Z. f. flavilateralis Reichenow, 1892 – central, east Kenya to east Tanzania
  • Z. f. jubaensis Erlanger, 1901 – south Ethiopia, south Somalia and north Kenya

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Zosterops flavilateralis (Kenya White-eye) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  3. Reichenow, Anton (1892). "Zur Vogelfauna von Kamerun. Erster Nachtrag". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 40: 177–195 . doi:10.1007/BF02250238.
  4. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 328.
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. Cox, S.; Prys-Jones, R.; Habel, J.; Amakobe, B.; Day, J. (2014). "Niche divergence promotes rapid diversification of East African sky island white-eyes (Aves: Zosteropidae)". Molecular Ecology. 23 (16): 4103–4118. Bibcode:2014MolEc..23.4103C. doi:10.1111/mec.12840. PMC 4255762. PMID 24954273.
  7. 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.
  8. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Zosterops flavilateralis


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