Chestnut-sided White-eye (Zosterops mayottensis)

Other Names (World)
Chestnut-sided White-eye, Chestnut-flanked White-eye, Mayotte White-eye

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Schlegel, 1866

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest.

Range (Guide)

Comoros, Mayotte, Seychelles (E) (B).

Mayotte (Maore), including Petite Terre (Pamanzi I), in south-eastern Comoro Is.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Mayotte White-eye (Zosterops mayottensis) [XC181338]
by Phil Gregory from Labattoir, Dzaoudzi, MAYOTTE, France (call)

Mayotte White-eye (Zosterops mayottensis) [XC403508]
by id from Mamoudzou, Mamoudzou, Comoros (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Probably related to African Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis). Sometimes lumped with extinct Zosterops semiflavus of Seychelles (which was smaller, slightly less yellow and had less bright yellow frontal bar), or considered a subspecies of Madagascar White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus).

References
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