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Moremi, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Zosterops senegalensis

[edit] Identification

11cm. Sulphur yellow underparts, very pale green-yellow upperparts, yellow head.

[edit] Distribution

Widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa:
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

[edit] Taxonomy

Around 15 subspecies recognized.

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• Z. s. senegalensis:

• Senegal to Uganda, northern Congo, northern Eritrea and north-western Ethiopia

• Z. s. demeryi:

• Sierra Leone to Liberia and Ivory Coast

• Z. s. stenocricotus:

• South-eastern Nigeria to Cameroon and northern Gabon; Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)

• Z. s. stuhlmanni:

• North-western Tanzania to western Kenya and Uganda

• Z. s. gerhardi:

• Southern Sudan and north-eastern Uganda border

• Z. s. reichenowi:

• Eastern Zaire (mountains north-west of Lake Tanganyika and south-west of Lake Kivu)

• Z. s. toroensis:

• Lowlands of north-eastern Zaire to western Uganda

• Z. s. jacksoni:

• Highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania (Loliondo)

• Z. s. stierlingi:

• Mountains of southern Tanzania to eastern Zambia, Malawi and western Mozambique

• Z. s. kasaicus:

• Central Zaire (Kasai) to north-eastern Angola

• Z. s. heinrichi:

• North-western Angola (Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul)

• Z. s. quanzae:

• Central Angola (Malanje to central highlands)

• Z. s. anderssoni:

• Southern Angola to Zambia, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Natal

• Z. s. tongensis :

• South-eastern Zimbabwe to north-eastern Natal and southern Mozambique

[edit] Habitat

Forests, moist savanna, and dry shrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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