Abyssinian White-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus) [XC781497]
by Peter Boesman from Ayn Hamran, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (call)
Abyssinian White-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus) [XC746061]
by David Darrell-Lambert from Al Soudah Waterfall, Saudi Arabia (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes included in a superspecies with Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus), African Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis) and Ethiopian White-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus). Subspecies believed by some authors to represent two separate species, nominate, arabs, socotranus and jubaensis forming one species and omoensis and flavilateralis another.
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
abyssinicus Guérin-Méneville, 1843 - North-eastern Sudan (region of Erkowit), Eritrea and northern and central Ethiopia.
arabs Lorenz von Liburnau, L & Hellmayr, 1901 - South-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen and southern Oman.
socotranus Neumann, 1908 - Northern Somalia and Socotra I. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Socotra White-eye (Zosterops socotranus).
omoensis Neumann, 1904 - Western Ethiopia.
jubaensis Erlanger, 1901 - Southern Ethiopia, northern Kenya (south to Kulal) and southern Somalia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Kenya White-eye (Zosterops flavilateralis).
flavilateralis Reichenow, 1892 - Eastern, central and southern Kenya south to north-eastern and eastern Tanzania. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Kenya White-eye (Zosterops flavilateralis).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet