The pale white-eye also known as Kenya white-eye[2] (Zosterops flavilateralis) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in Kenya, eastern Tanzania, southern Ethiopia and southern Somalia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. flavilateralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops flavilateralis Reichenow, 1892
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Taxonomy
editThe pale white-eye was formally described in 1892 by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow under the current binomial name Zosterops flavilateralis.[3][4] The specific epithet flavilateralis combines Latin flavus meaning "yellow" with lateralis meaning "of the sides".[5] The pale white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Abyssinian white-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus) but is now treated as a separate species.[6][7][8]
Two subspecies are recognised:[8]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International 2017. Zosterops flavilateralis (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103889267A113126673. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103889267A113126673.en. Downloaded on 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Zosterops flavilateralis (Kenya White-eye) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ Reichenow, Anton (1892). "Zur Vogelfauna von Kamerun. Erster Nachtrag". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 40: 177–195 [192]. doi:10.1007/BF02250238.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 328.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Cox, S.; Prys-Jones, R.; Habel, J.; Amakobe, B.; Day, 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.
- ^ Pearson, D.J.; Turner, D.A. (2017). "A taxonomic review of the genus Zosterops in East Africa, with a revised list of species occurring in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania". Scopus. 37: 1–13.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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