Biology:Kikuyu white-eye

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Short description: Species of bird

Kikuyu white-eye
Kikuyu White-eye, Nairobi National Park, Kenya.jpg
In Nairobi National Park, Kenya
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. kikuyuensis
Binomial name
Zosterops kikuyuensis
Sharpe, 1891
Synonyms
  • Zosterops poliogastrus kikuyensis

The Kikuyu white-eye (Zosterops kikuyuensis) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of montane white-eye (Z. poliogastrus). It is found in central Kenya, in the Aberdare Mountains and on Mount Kenya. IUCN categorizes it as of least concern.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16060373 entry