- Zosterops senegalensis
Identification
11·5 cm (4½ in)
- Pale greenish-yellow upperparts
- White eye-ring
- Sulphur yellow underparts
- Yellow head
Distribution
Widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa:
Western Africa: Mauritania, 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: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania
Taxonomy
Formerly a part of African Yellow White-eye.
Subspecies
Seven subspecies recognized[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. 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. gerhardi: Extreme southern South Sudan and northeastern Uganda
- Z. s. jacksoni: Highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania (Loliondo)
Habitat
A wide variety of habitats, including forests, moist savanna, and dry shrubland.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of seeds, supplemented by insects during the breeding season.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Northern Yellow White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Northern_Yellow_White-eye
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
