Biology:Mbulu white-eye
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Short description: Species of bird
| Mbulu white-eye | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. mbuluensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops mbuluensis Sclater, W.L. & Moreau, 1935
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The Mbulu white-eye (Zosterops mbuluensis) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
The Mbulu white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the montane white-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus). When a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that it was more closely related to the Abyssinian white-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus), the Mbulu white-eye was promoted to species rank.[2][3] It is monotypic.[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Zosterops mbuluensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103891253A104271923. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103891253A104271923.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103891253/104271923. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Cox, S.C.; Prys-Jones, R.P.; Habel, J.C.; Amakobe, B.A.; Day, J.J. (2014). "Niche divergence promotes rapid diversification of East African sky island white-eyes (Aves: Zosteropidae)". Molecular Ecology 23 (16): 4103–4118. doi:10.1111/mec.12840. PMID 24954273.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sylvias/. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q31874064 entry
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