São Tomé white-eye
| São Tomé white-eye | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. feae |
| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops feae Salvadori, 1901 | |
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| Distribution areas of the São Tomé White eye | |
The São Tomé white-eye (Zosterops feae) is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to São Tomé. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was named by the Italian Tommaso Salvadori in 1901.Once dominant throughout the island, now it is in the south and southwest mainly inside Obo Natural Park.
See also
- São Tomé white-eye (Zosterops feae)
References
- Melo, M., B.H. Warren, and P.J. Jones. 2011. Rapid parallel evolution of aberrant traits in the diversification of the Gulf of Guinea white-eyes (Aves, Zosteropidae). Molecular Ecology. Published online 21 May 2011. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05099.
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