Green white-eye
Species of bird
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The green white-eye (Zosterops stuhlmanni) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
| Green white-eye | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. stuhlmanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops stuhlmanni Reichenow, 1892 | |
The green white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the African yellow white-eye (since renamed the northern yellow white-eye) (Zosterops senegalensis). It is now considered as a separate species based in part on the phylogenetic relationships determined in a 2013 molecular study.[1][2][3][4]
Four subspecies are recognised:[4]
- Z. s. stuhlmanni Reichenow, 1892 – northwest Tanzania, south and central Uganda
- Z. s. reichenowi Dubois, AJC, 1911 – east D.R. Congo
- Z. s. toroensis Reichenow, 1904 – northeast D.R. Congo and west Uganda
- Z. s. scotti Neumann, 1899 – southwest Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and above 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in the Virunga Mountains
