Cape White-eye (Zosterops virens) [XC512290]
by Frank Lambert from Ebeneser dam area, Haernertsburg, Limpopo, South Africa (call)
Cape White-eye (Zosterops virens) [XC877837]
by Marc Anderson from Makhado Local Municipality (near Louis Trichardt), Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa (call)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus).
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
capensis Sundevall, 1850 - South-western South Africa (east to western eastern Cape). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus).
virens Sundevall, 1850 - Extreme south-western Mozambique, eastern South
Africa (south to eastern Cape) and Swaziland. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus).
caniviridis Clancey, 1962 - Eastern and south-eastern Botswana and
adjacent northern South Africa. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus).
atmorii Sharpe, 1877 - Lesotho and adjacent South Africa
(mainly western KwaZulu-Natal). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus).
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