Zosterops senegalensis

Zosterops senegalensis (*)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea

Familia: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species: Zosterops senegalensis
Subspecies: Z. s. demeryi - Z. s. gerhardi - Z. s. heinrichi - Z. s. jacksoni - Z. s. kasaica - Z. s. quanzae - Z. s. senegalensis.
Name

Zosterops senegalensis Bonaparte, 1850
References

Conspectus generum avium 1 p. 399
Vernacular names
Afrikaans: Geelglasogie
Cymraeg: Llygadwyn melyn Affrica
English: Northern yellow white-eye
فارسی: چشم‌سفید سنگالی
français: Zostérops jaune
Nederlands: Noordelijke Afrikaanse brilvogel
پنجابی: افریقی پیلی چٹی اکھ
русский: Сенегальская белоглазка
svenska: Afrikansk glasögonfågel
Tiếng Việt: Vành khuyên vàng châu Phi

The African Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis) is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. The taxa stenocricotus from Central Africa and kirki from the Comoros, by most authorities considered subspecies of the African Yellow White-eye, are occasionally considered separate species, the Cameroon Green White-eye (Zosterops stenocricotus) and Kirk's White-eye (Zosterops kirki).

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. Zosterops senegalensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.