Cape White-eye (Zosterops virens) [XC512628]
by Frank Lambert from Cape of Good Hope NP, Western Cape, South Africa (call)
Cape White-eye (Zosterops virens) [XC779391]
by Dawie de Swardt from H40, Mbona Private Nature Reserve, Karkloof, uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (call, flight call, both loud & soft contact calls)
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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