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Alternative name: Montane White-eye
- Zosterops poliogastrus
Includes: Kikuyu White-eye; Taita White-eye; Kilimanjaro White-eye; Kulal White-eye; South Pare White-eye
Identification
Distribution
Eastern Africa: found in Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
Taxonomy
The scientific name is sometimes spelt poliogaster
Subspecies
There are 8 subspecies[1], some of them sometimes accepted as full species[2]:
- Z. p. poliogastrus - Eritrea and Ethiopia
- Z. p. kaffensis - west and south Ethiopia
- Z. p. mbuluensis - southeast Kenya and north Tanzania
- Z. p. kikuyuensis - Kikuyu White-eye - Mount Kenya and other mountains in central Kenya
- Z. p. kulalensis - Kulal White-eye - Mt. Kulal in Kenya
- Z. p. eurycricotus - Kilimanjaro White-eye - Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru and Arusha region
- Z. p. winifredae - South Pare White-eye - South Pare Mountains in Tanzania, sometimes regarded as subspecies of African Yellow White-eye
- Z. p. silvanus - Taita White-eye - Taita Hills in southeast Kenya
Habitat
Highland forests.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Heuglin's White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Heuglin%27s_White-eye
