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[[Image:White-eye, African Yellow, Moremi, Botswana 8964s.jpg|thumb|550px|right|<br />Photo by {{user|MariettaBirder|MariettaBirder}}<br />Moremi, Okavango Delta, Botswana]]
[[Image:White-eye, African Yellow, Moremi, Botswana 8964s.jpg|thumb|400px|right|<br />Photo by {{user|MariettaBirder|MariettaBirder}}<br />Moremi, Okavango Delta, Botswana]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Zosterops|Zosterops]] senegalensis
 
;[[:Category:Zosterops|Zosterops]] senegalensis
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
11cm.  Sulphur yellow underparts, very pale green-yellow upperparts, yellow head.
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12–14 cm<br />
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Sulphur yellow underparts, very pale green-yellow upperparts, yellow head
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Widespread throughout sub-Saharan [[Africa]]:<br />
 
Widespread throughout sub-Saharan [[Africa]]:<br />
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'''African Islands''': Gulf of Guinea Islands, [[Bioko]] (Fernando Po)
 
'''African Islands''': Gulf of Guinea Islands, [[Bioko]] (Fernando Po)
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Around 15 subspecies recognized.
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====Subspecies====
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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Around 14 subspecies recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
*''Z. s. senegalensis'':
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*''Z. s. senegalensis'': [[Senegal]] to [[Uganda]], northern [[Congo]], northern [[Eritrea]] and north-western [[Ethiopia]]
:*[[Senegal]] to [[Uganda]], northern [[Congo]], northern [[Eritrea]] and north-western [[Ethiopia]]
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*''Z. s. demeryi'': [[Sierra Leone]] to [[Liberia]] and [[Ivory Coast]]
*''Z. s. demeryi'':
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*''Z. s. stenocricotus'': South-eastern [[Nigeria]] to [[Cameroon]] and northern [[Gabon]]; [[Bioko]] (Gulf of Guinea)
:*[[Sierra Leone]] to [[Liberia]] and [[Ivory Coast]]
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*''Z. s. stuhlmanni'': North-western [[Tanzania]] to western [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]]
*''Z. s. stenocricotus'':
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*''Z. s. gerhardi'': Southern [[Sudan]] and north-eastern [[Uganda]] border
:*South-eastern [[Nigeria]] to [[Cameroon]] and northern [[Gabon]]; [[Bioko]] (Gulf of Guinea)
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*''Z. s. reichenowi'': Eastern [[Zaire]] (mountains north-west of Lake Tanganyika and south-west of Lake Kivu)
*''Z. s. stuhlmanni'':
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*''Z. s. toroensis'': Lowlands of north-eastern [[Zaire]] to western [[Uganda]]
:*North-western [[Tanzania]] to western [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]]
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*''Z. s. jacksoni'': Highlands of [[Kenya]] and northern [[Tanzania]] (Loliondo)
*''Z. s. gerhardi'':
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*''Z. s. stierlingi'': Mountains of southern [[Tanzania]] to eastern [[Zambia]], [[Malawi]] and western [[Mozambique]]
:*Southern [[Sudan]] and north-eastern [[Uganda]] border
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*''Z. s. kasaicus'': Central [[Zaire]] (Kasai) to north-eastern [[Angola]]
*''Z. s. reichenowi'':
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*''Z. s. heinrichi'': North-western [[Angola]] (Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul)
:*Eastern [[Zaire]] (mountains north-west of Lake Tanganyika and south-west of Lake Kivu)
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*''Z. s. quanzae'': Central [[Angola]] (Malanje to central highlands)
*''Z. s. toroensis'':
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*''Z. s. anderssoni'': Southern [[Angola]] to [[Zambia]], southern [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Natal]]
:*Lowlands of north-eastern [[Zaire]] to western [[Uganda]]
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*''Z. s. tongensis'': South-eastern [[Zimbabwe]] to north-eastern [[Natal]] and southern [[Mozambique]]
*''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]]
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Forests, moist savanna, and dry shrubland.
 
Forests, moist savanna, and dry shrubland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of seeds, supplemented by insects during the breeding season.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)
 
{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Zosterops+senegal}}
 
{{GSearch|Zosterops+senegal}}
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Zosterops]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Zosterops]]

Revision as of 23:02, 12 October 2014


Photo by MariettaBirder
Moremi, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Zosterops senegalensis

Identification

12–14 cm
Sulphur yellow underparts, very pale green-yellow upperparts, yellow head

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)

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Around 14 subspecies recognized[1]:

Habitat

Forests, moist savanna, and dry shrubland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of seeds, supplemented by insects during the breeding season.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)

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