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Alternative name: White-breasted White-eye

Subspecies flavilateralis
Photo by megan perkins
Whistling Thorns, Kenya, December 2006

Zosterops abyssinicus

[edit] Identification

10-12 cm

• Green upperparts (darker and greyer in northern races)
• Pale yellow to greyish-white underparts (depending on the race)
• Narrow white ring around the eye
• Thin black line between the bill and eye. The

[edit] Distribution

Subspecies arabs
Photo by mikemik
Yemen, November 2012

Africa and the Middle East
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania
Middle East: Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Socotra and Oman

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies^[1]

• Z. a. arabs:

• Southern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen and extreme northern Aden)

• Z. a. abyssinicus:

• Lowlands of Eritrea and eastern Ethiopia to south-eastern Sudan

• Z. a. socotranus:

• Northern Somalia and Socotra

• Z. a. omoensis:

• South-western Ethiopia

• Z. a. jubaensis:

• South-eastern Ethiopia to Somalia and extreme northern Kenya

• Z. a. flavilateralis:

• Extreme south-western Ethiopia to eastern Kenya and east-central Tanzania

[edit] Habitat

Mid altitude dry woodland, scrub, wadis and gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects, fruit and nectar.

[edit] References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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