Biology:Mayotte white-eye

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Short description: Species of bird

Mayotte white-eye
Mayotte 2009 (88) cr.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. mayottensis
Binomial name
Zosterops mayottensis
Schlegel, 1867
Zosterops mayottensis map.svg
Approximate distribution map
  Year-round

The Mayotte white-eye or chestnut-sided white-eye (Zosterops mayottensis) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is now found only on Mayotte in the Comoro Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

The Marianne white-eye formerly considered as subspecies of Mayotte white-eye occurred on Marianne and perhaps other islands in the Seychelles but is now extinct.

References

Further reading

  • Skerrett, Adrian; Bullock, Ian & Disley, Tony (2001) Birds of Seychelles, Christopher Helm, London.

Wikidata ☰ Q1251257 entry