Aldabra white-eye
Appearance
Aldabra white-eye | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: | Zosterops |
Species: | Z. aldabrensis
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Binomial name | |
Zosterops aldabrensis Ridgway, 1894
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The Aldabra white-eye (Zosterops aldabrensis) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the island of Aldabra in the Indian Ocean.
The Aldabra white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Malagasy white-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus) but based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014, it is now treated as a separate species.[1][2]
The Aldabra white-eye is a generalist species, with a diverse diet consisting of various plants and insects. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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. Bibcode:2014MolEc..23.4103C. doi:10.1111/mec.12840. PMC 4255762. PMID 24954273.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ VAN DE CROMMENACKER, RICHARDS, JANSKE, HEATHER (September 2016). "Long-term monitoring of landbirds on Aldabra Atoll indicates increasing population trends". Bird Conservation International. 3 (3): 337–349.
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