Mauritius grey white-eye
Mauritius grey white-eye | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: | Zosterops |
Species: | Z. mauritianus
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Binomial name | |
Zosterops mauritianus JF Gmelin, 1789
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Synonyms | |
Speirops borbonicus mauritianus |
The Mauritius grey white-eye (Zosterops mauritianus) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Mauritius. It inhabits woodlands, forests, and gardens. The Réunion grey white-eye is very closely related. They were formerly considered conspecific and together called Mascarene white-eye.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Birds described in 1789
- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
- Birds of Mauritius
- Zosterops
- Endemic fauna of Mauritius
- Zosteropidae stubs