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'''Alternative names: Malagasy White-eye; Madagascan White-eye'''
 
'''Alternative names: Malagasy White-eye; Madagascan White-eye'''
[[Image:1156 White-eye Madagascar.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|peterday|peterday}}<br />Vakona Forest Lodge, [[Madagascar]], November 2017]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Zosterops|Zosterops]] maderaspatanus
 
;[[:Category:Zosterops|Zosterops]] maderaspatanus
 
'''Includes: Moheli White-eye; Aldabra White-eye; Anjouan White-eye'''
 
'''Includes: Moheli White-eye; Aldabra White-eye; Anjouan White-eye'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
10–12 cm (4-4¾ in)
 
*Greenish upperparts
 
*Yellow forecrown and forehead
 
*White underparts
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Madagascar]], the [[Comoro Islands]] and the [[Seychelles]]
 
[[Madagascar]], the [[Comoro Islands]] and the [[Seychelles]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Six subspecies recognized, sometimes split in four species:
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* Moheli White-eye
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:* ''Z. m. comorensis'' on Mohéli ([[Comoro Islands]])
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* Madagascar White-eye
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:* ''Z. m. menaiensis'' on Cosmoledo Atoll ([[Seychelles]])
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:* ''Z. m. maderaspatanus'' on [[Madagascar]] and Isles Glorieuses
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:* ''Z. m. voeltzkowi'' on Europa Island
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* Aldabra White-eye
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:* ''Z. m. aldabrensis'' on Aldabra and Astove islands
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* Anjouan White-eye
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:* ''Z. m. anjuanensis'' on Anjouan ([[Comoro Islands]])
 
[[Kirk's White-eye]] was formerly included in this species.
 
[[Kirk's White-eye]] was formerly included in this species.
====Subspecies====
 
Six subspecies recognized, sometimes split in four species:
 
*Moheli White-eye
 
* ''Z. m. comorensis'' on Mohéli ([[Comoro Islands]])
 
*Madagascar White-eye
 
*''Z. m. menaiensis'' on Cosmoledo Atoll ([[Seychelles]])
 
*''Z. m. maderaspatanus'' on [[Madagascar]] and Isles Glorieuses
 
*''Z. m. voeltzkowi'' on Europa Island
 
*Aldabra White-eye
 
*''Z. m. aldabrensis'' on Aldabra and Astove islands
 
*Anjouan White-eye
 
*''Z. m. anjuanensis'' on Anjouan ([[Comoro Islands]])
 
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
A wide variety of woodland.
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Forest and montane
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
====Diet====
 
Their diet consists almost entirely of insects, especially beetles, caterpillars, bugs, ants and flies.
 
====Breeding====
 
The nest is a deep cup formed from Casuarina needles.
 
==Gallery==
 
Click on photo for larger image
 
<gallery>
 
[[Image:Madagascar White-eye.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|James Williams|James J Williams}}]] <!--EDITORS: this image does not appear in the Gallery-->
 
</gallery>
 
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Photo by James J Williams

Alternative names: Malagasy White-eye; Madagascan White-eye

Zosterops maderaspatanus

Includes: Moheli White-eye; Aldabra White-eye; Anjouan White-eye

Identification

Distribution

Madagascar, the Comoro Islands and the Seychelles

Taxonomy

Six subspecies recognized, sometimes split in four species:

  • Moheli White-eye
  • Madagascar White-eye
  • Z. m. menaiensis on Cosmoledo Atoll (Seychelles)
  • Z. m. maderaspatanus on Madagascar and Isles Glorieuses
  • Z. m. voeltzkowi on Europa Island
  • Aldabra White-eye
  • Z. m. aldabrensis on Aldabra and Astove islands
  • Anjouan White-eye

Kirk's White-eye was formerly included in this species.

Habitat

Forest and montane

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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