Kikuyu white-eye
| Kikuyu white-eye | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. kikuyuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops kikuyuensis Sharpe, 1891 | |
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The Kikuyu white-eye (Zosterops kikuyensis) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It includes numerous subspecies, sometimes considered a subspecies of montane white-eye (Z. poliogastrus). It is found in central Kenya, in the Aberdare Mountains and on Mount Kenya. IUCN categorizes it as of least concern.[1]
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Zosterops kikuyensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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