Mount Karthala White-eye | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: | Zosterops |
Species: | Z. mouroniensis |
Binomial name | |
Zosterops mouroniensis Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885 |
The Mount Karthala White-eye (Zosterops mouroniensis), also known as the Karthala White-eye, Grand Comore White-eye or Comoro White-eye, is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. As suggested by its name, it is endemic to Philippia heath woodland growing on Mount Karthala on the island of Grand Comore in the Comoros. It is threatened by habitat loss.