Biology:Mount Cameroon speirops

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Short description: Species of bird

Mount Cameroon speirops
ZosteropsPloceusKeulemans.jpg
Illustration (upper bird) by J G Keulemans
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. melanocephalus
Binomial name
Zosterops melanocephalus
G.R. Gray, 1862
Synonyms

Speirops melanocephalus

The Mount Cameroon speirops or Cameroon speirops (Zosterops melanocephalus) is a species of bird in the disputed family Zosteropidae, which might be included in the Timaliidae. It is endemic to Cameroon.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by containerization.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q27075576 entry