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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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;[[:Category:Zosterops|Zosterops]] senegalensis
 
;[[:Category:Zosterops|Zosterops]] senegalensis
'''Includes Forest White-eye'''
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
11·5 cm (4½ in)<br />
 
11·5 cm (4½ in)<br />
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[[Image:STH 5186.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Kibale, [[Uganda]], July 2018]]
 
[[Image:STH 5186.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Kibale, [[Uganda]], July 2018]]
 
Widespread throughout sub-Saharan [[Africa]]:<br />
 
Widespread throughout sub-Saharan [[Africa]]:<br />
'''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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'''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]]<br />
'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]]<br />
'''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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Formerly a part of [[African Yellow White-eye]].
 
====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
14 subspecies recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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Seven subspecies recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
*''Z. s. stenocricotus'': South-eastern [[Nigeria]] to [[Cameroon]] and northern [[Gabon]]; [[Bioko]] (Gulf of Guinea) - split as Forest White-eye by Gill and Donsker
 
 
*''Z. s. senegalensis'': [[Senegal]] to [[Uganda]], northern [[Congo]], northern [[Eritrea]] and north-western [[Ethiopia]]
 
*''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. demeryi'': [[Sierra Leone]] to [[Liberia]] and [[Ivory Coast]]
*''Z. s. gerhardi'': Extreme southern [[South Sudan]] and northeastern [[Uganda]]
 
*''Z. s. jacksoni'': Highlands of [[Kenya]] and northern [[Tanzania]] (Loliondo)
 
 
*''Z. s. kasaicus'': Central [[Zaire]] (Kasai) to north-eastern [[Angola]]
 
*''Z. s. kasaicus'': Central [[Zaire]] (Kasai) to north-eastern [[Angola]]
 
*''Z. s. heinrichi'': North-western [[Angola]] (Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul)
 
*''Z. s. heinrichi'': North-western [[Angola]] (Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul)
 
*''Z. s. quanzae'': Central [[Angola]] (Malanje to central highlands)
 
*''Z. s. quanzae'': Central [[Angola]] (Malanje to central highlands)
*''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. gerhardi'': Extreme southern [[South Sudan]] and northeastern [[Uganda]]
*''Z. s. stuhlmanni'': North-western [[Tanzania]] to western [[Kenya]] and [[Uganda]]
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*''Z. s. jacksoni'': Highlands of [[Kenya]] and northern [[Tanzania]] (Loliondo)
*''Z. s. reichenowi'': Eastern [[Zaire]] (mountains north-west of Lake Tanganyika and south-west of Lake Kivu)
 
*''Z. s. toroensis'': Lowlands of north-eastern [[Zaire]] to western [[Uganda]]
 
*''Z. s. stierlingi'': Highlands of eastern and southern [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]], eastern [[Zambia]], and northern [[Mozambique]]
 
*''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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Their diet consists mostly of seeds, supplemented by insects during the breeding season.
 
Their diet consists mostly of seeds, supplemented by insects during the breeding season.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen20V10.1}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen20V10.1}}#Avibase
 
#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)
 
#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)
 
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Revision as of 00:20, 8 August 2022

Zosterops senegalensis

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, 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]:

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, 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/
  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)

Recommended Citation

External Links

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