Black-fronted white-eye

Black-fronted white-eye
Black-fronted White-Eye
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Zosteropidae
Genus:Zosterops
Species: Z. minor
Binomial name
Zosterops minor

The black-fronted white-eye (Zosterops minor) is a songbird species. It is closely related to the Old World babblers, and its family Zosteropidae might better be included in the Tiimalidae. Some sources include this species within Z. atrifrons, the black-crowned white-eye.

It is found in New Guinea and offshore islands. Quite common, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Zosterops minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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