Comoro 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).

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 Malagasy 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) [XC403472]
by id from Oichili, Ngazidja, Comoros (call)

Karthala White-eye (Zosterops mouroniensis) [XC403470]
by Ross Gallardy from Oichili, Ngazidja, Comoros (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

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

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Comoro White-eye (Zosterops mouroniensis) - 5 files

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