Northern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis) [XC468041]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Mbam et Djerem National Park, starting point in the bank of the river, Cameroon (song)
Northern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis) [XC475306]
by Peter Boesman from Kafountine, Bignona, Casamance, Senegal (call)
Subspecies
African Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis) and Pemba White-eye (Zosterops vaughani) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include vaughani as a subspecies of African Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis).
Forms a superspecies and sometimes regarded as conspecific with Pemba White-eye (Zosterops vaughani). Both sometimes suggested as being part of a larger superspecies that includes also Abyssinian White-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus), Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus) and Ethiopian White-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus), or, more unlikely, a close relationship to subspecies kirki of Madagascar White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus) proposed. Subspecies gerhardi and jacksoni have in the past been included in Ethiopian White-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus); jacksoni sometimes considered a separate species. Subspecies stenocricotus differs vocally from others and may merit full species status. Subspecies intergrade widely, e.g. nominate intergrades with demeryi, stenicricotus and stuhlmanni, and quanzae with kasaicus, heinrichi and anderssoni, etc. Described subspecies phyllicus from western Cameroon (Tatum, in Bamenda Highlands) and poensis from Bioko I (in Gulf of Guinea) synonymized with stenocricotus.
The following 14 subspecies are recognised:
senegalensis Bonaparte, 1850 - Southern Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea east to southern Chad, Central African Republic (except south-west), southern Sudan, north-western Ethiopia and northern Eritrea.
demeryi Büttikofer, 1890 - Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast.
stenocricotus Reichenow, 1892 - South-eastern Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon and south-western Central African Republic south to northern Gabon; Bioko I (Fernando Póo). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Forest White-eye (Zosterops stenocricotus).
toroensis Reichenow, 1904 - North-eastern DRCongo and western Uganda. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green White-eye (Zosterops stuhlmanni).
reichenowi A. J. C. Dubois, 1911 - Eastern DRCongo (highland forests west of L Kivu and north-west of L Tanganyika). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green White-eye (Zosterops stuhlmanni).
stuhlmanni Reichenow, 1892 - South-central Uganda south to north-western Tanzania. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Green White-eye (Zosterops stuhlmanni). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green White-eye (Zosterops stuhlmanni).
jacksoni Neumann, 1899 - Highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania (Loliondo).
stierlingi Reichenow, 1899 - Highlands of eastern Zambia, southern and eastern Tanzania, Malawi and northern and north-western Mozambique. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni).
kasaicus Chapin, 1932 - Central DRCongo south to north-eastern Angola.
heinrichi Meise, 1958 - North-western Angola.
quanzae Meyer de Schauensee, 1932 - Central Angola.
anderssoni Shelley, 1892 - Savannas of south-eastern Zaire, south-western Tanzania, western Malawi and western Mozambique south to southern and eastern Angola, northern Namibia, northern and north-eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe plateau and northern South Africa (eastern Limpopo lowveld). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni).
tongensis Roberts, 1931 - Lowlands of south-eastern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa (north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni).
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