Green white-eye
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Zosterops stuhlmanni

The green white-eye (Zosterops stuhlmanni ) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The green white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the African yellow white-eye (since renamed the northern yellow white-eye) (Zosterops senegalensis ). It is now considered as a separate species based in part on the phylogenetic relationships determined in a 2013 molecular study.

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Four subspecies are recognised:

  • Z. s. stuhlmanni Reichenow, 1892 – northwest Tanzania, south and central Uganda
  • Z. s. reichenowi Dubois, AJC, 1911 – east D.R. Congo
  • Z. s. toroensis Reichenow, 1904 – northeast D.R. Congo and west Uganda
  • Z. s. scotti Neumann, 1899 – southwest Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and above 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in the Virunga Mountains

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Geography

References

1. Green white-eye Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_white-eye
2. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/62752

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