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[[Image:White-eye, African Yellow, Moremi, Botswana 8964s.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|MariettaBirder|MariettaBirder}}<br />Moremi, Okavango Delta, Botswana]]
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;Zosterops senegalensis
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;[[:Category:Zosterops|Zosterops]] senegalensis
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'''Includes Forest White-eye'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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11cm.  Sulphur yellow underparts, very pale green-yellow upperparts, yellow head.
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11·5 cm (4½ in)<br />
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*Pale greenish-yellow upperparts
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*White eye-ring
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*Sulphur yellow underparts
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*Yellow head
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Africa]].
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[[Image:STH 5186.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Kibale, [[Uganda]], July 2018]]
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Widespread throughout sub-Saharan [[Africa]]:<br />
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'''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]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<br />
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'''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]]<br />
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'''African Islands''': Gulf of Guinea Islands, [[Bioko]] (Fernando Po)
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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There are three species; ''Zosterops senegalensis'' with 14 subspecies, ''Zosterops kirki'' and ''Zosterops winifredae''.
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====Subspecies====
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14 subspecies recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''Z. s. stenocricotus'': South-eastern [[Nigeria]] to [[Cameroon]] and northern [[Gabon]]; [[Bioko]] (Gulf of Guinea) - split as Forest White-eye by Gill and Donsker
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*''Z. s. senegalensis'': [[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]]
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*''Z. s. gerhardi'': Extreme southern [[South Sudan]] and northeastern [[Uganda]]
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*''Z. s. jacksoni'': Highlands of [[Kenya]] and northern [[Tanzania]] (Loliondo)
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*''Z. s. kasaicus'': Central [[Zaire]] (Kasai) to north-eastern [[Angola]]
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*''Z. s. heinrichi'': North-western [[Angola]] (Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul)
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*''Z. s. quanzae'': Central [[Angola]] (Malanje to central highlands)
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*''Z. s. tongensis'': South-eastern [[Zimbabwe]], extreme eastern [[South Africa]] (northern Limpopo to northeastern KwaZulu-Natal), and southern [[Mozambique]]
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*''Z. s. stuhlmanni'': North-western [[Tanzania]] to western [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]]
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*''Z. s. reichenowi'': Eastern [[Zaire]] (mountains north-west of Lake Tanganyika and south-west of Lake Kivu)
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*''Z. s. toroensis'': Lowlands of north-eastern [[Zaire]] to western [[Uganda]]
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*''Z. s. stierlingi'': Highlands of eastern and southern [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]], eastern [[Zambia]], and northern [[Mozambique]]
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*''Z. s. anderssoni'': Southern and eastern [[Angola]] and northern [[Namibia]] east to southeastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Malawi]], southwestern [[Tanzania]], the [[Zimbabwe]] plateau, and northwestern [[Mozambique]]
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Forests, moist savanna, and dry shrubland.
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A wide variety of habitats, including forests, moist savanna, and dry shrubland.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of seeds, supplemented by insects during the breeding season.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen20V10.1}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Zosterops+senegalensis}}
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{{GSearch|Zosterops+senegal}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]][[category:incomplete]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Zosterops]]

Revision as of 01:50, 18 August 2020

Photo by MariettaBirder
Moremi, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Zosterops senegalensis

Includes Forest White-eye

Identification

11·5 cm (4½ in)

  • Pale greenish-yellow upperparts
  • White eye-ring
  • Sulphur yellow underparts
  • Yellow head

Distribution

Photo © by volker sthamer
Kibale, Uganda, July 2018

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

14 subspecies recognized[1]:

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

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. 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/
  3. Avibase
  4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)

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