Mount Karthala White-eye (Zosterops mouroniensis)

Other Names (World)
Mount Karthala White-eye, Comoro White-eye, Grand Comoro White-eye

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,600 - 2,360 m.

Range (Guide)

Comoros (B).

Grand Comoro (Ngazidja), Comoro Islands (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Destruction and degradation of habitat is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Forages in large groups in bushes or flying just over vegetation. Often observed with Madagascar White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus).

Food
Insects and fruit.

Voice
Noisy. Continual contact by typical buzzy white-eye calls and twitterings.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Karthala White-eye (Zosterops mouroniensis) [XC207397]
by Ross Gallardy from Mt Karthala, Comoros (call)

Karthala White-eye (Zosterops mouroniensis) [XC403472]
by id from Oichili, Ngazidja, Comoros (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Madagascar White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus) which is much brighter yellow below and greener above, but range rarely overlaps.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mount Karthala White-eye (Zosterops mouroniensis) - 5 files

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