- Chestnut-sided White-eye
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Chestnut-sided White-eye Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Zosteropidae Genus: Zosterops Species: Z. mayottensis Binomial name Zosterops mayottensis
Schlegel, 1866The Chestnut-sided White-eye (Zosterops mayottensis) is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is now found only on Mayotte in the Comoro Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
The subspecies semiflava (Seychelles Chestnut-sided White-eye) formerly occurred on Marianne and perhaps other islands in the Seychelles but is now extinct. It may be better classified as a separate species.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Zosterops mayottensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
- Skerrett, Adrian; Bullock, Ian & Disley, Tony (2001) Birds of Seychelles, Christopher Helm, London.
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Zosterops
- Zosteropidae stubs
- Mayotte stubs
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