Taita white-eye | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: | Zosterops |
Species: | Z. silvanus
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Binomial name | |
Zosterops silvanus Peters, JL & Loveridge, 1935
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Taita white-eye (Zosterops silvanus) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It includes numerous subspecies, sometimes considered a subspecies to montane white-eye (Z. poliogastrus). It is only found in Taita Hills in southeastern Kenya. IUCN categorizes it as vulnerable.[1] It is threatened by severe habitat loss and fragmentation, mainly as a result of the deforestation of the Taita Hills.[2]
It breeds in cloud forests.[2]
It is often observed in mixed flocks with the pale white-eye.[2]