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African Yellow or Forest White-eye

Zosterops [senegalensis, stuhlmanni, anderssoni or stenocricotus] (= Zosterops senegalensis) Bonaparte, CLJL 1850

The northern yellow white-eye, formerly the African yellow white-eye, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found across sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west across to southern Sudan in the east and south to northern Angola. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Zosteropidae
Genus:
   Zosterops
Scientific:
  Zosterops senegalensis

Original description

Citation:
  Bonaparte, CLJL 1850

Reference:
   Conspect. Gen. Avium 1 p.399

Protonym:
  Zosterops senegalensis

Type locality:
  Africa occident. Senegal.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141467#page/621/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  2D8C0437FEDEAE8A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-2D8C0437

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/2D8C0437

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563872

Geographic range:

  • Zosterops senegalensis: lowland to montane open woodland, wooded savanna, and thornscrub, from southern Mauritania and Senegambia eastward to northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, and southward to northern Republic of the Congo, and highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania
  • Zosterops senegalensis senegalensis: Senegal to Uganda, northern Congo, northern Eritrea, and northwestern Ethiopia
  • Zosterops senegalensis demeryi: Sierra Leone to Liberia and Ivory Coast
  • Zosterops senegalensis jacksoni: highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania (Loliondo)
  • Zosterops senegalensis gerhardi: far southern South Sudan and northeastern Uganda
  • Zosterops kasaicus: lowland to foothill open woodland and savanna, acacia thickets, and plantations, from western and central Democratic Republic of the Congo southward to northern and western Angola
  • Zosterops kasaicus kasaicus: central Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kasai) to northeastern Angola
  • Zosterops kasaicus heinrichi: northwestern Angola (Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul)
  • Zosterops kasaicus quanzae: central Angola (Malanje to central highlands)
  • Zosterops stuhlmanni: foothill to montane forest edge, open woodland, and plantations, from northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda southward to Burundi and northwestern Tanzania
  • Zosterops stuhlmanni stuhlmanni: northwestern Tanzania to Uganda
  • Zosterops stuhlmanni reichenowi: eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (mountains northwest of Lake Tanganyika and southwest of Lake Kivu)
  • Zosterops stuhlmanni toroensis: lowlands of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Uganda
  • Zosterops anderssoni: lowland to montane woodland, wooded savanna, and plantations, from far western Democratic Republic of the Congo to eastern Tanzania, and southward to northern Namibia to eastern South Africa
  • Zosterops anderssoni anderssoni: southern and eastern Angola and northern Namibia eastward to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, southwestern Tanzania, the Zimbabwe plateau, and northwestern Mozambique
  • Zosterops anderssoni stierlingi: highlands of eastern and southern Tanzania, Malawi, eastern Zambia, and northern Mozambique
  • Zosterops anderssoni tongensis: southeastern Zimbabwe, far eastern South Africa (northern Limpopo to northeastern KwaZulu-Natal), and southern Mozambique
  • Zosterops stenocricotus: southeastern Nigeria to Cameroon and northern Gabon; Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
African Yellow or Forest White-eye
French:
Zostérops jaune, Z. de Stuhlmann, Z. d'Andersson ou Z. forestier

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
African Yellow or Forest White-eye ( Zosterops [senegalensis, stuhlmanni, anderssoni or stenocricotus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
African Yellow or Forest White-eye ( Zosterops [senegalensis, stuhlmanni, anderssoni or stenocricotus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
African Yellow or Forest White-eye ( Zosterops [senegalensis, stuhlmanni, anderssoni or stenocricotus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
African Yellow or Forest White-eye ( Zosterops [senegalensis, stuhlmanni, anderssoni or stenocricotus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 3]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
African Yellow or Forest White-eye ( Zosterops [senegalensis or stenocricotus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
African Yellow or Forest White-eye ( Zosterops [senegalensis or stenocricotus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
African Yellow or Forest White-eye ( Zosterops [senegalensis or stenocricotus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
African Yellow or Forest White-eye ( Zosterops [senegalensis or stenocricotus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
African Yellow or Forest White-eye ( Zosterops [senegalensis or stenocricotus])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Zostérops jaune ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Zostérops jaune ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 7]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 3]
eBird version 2019:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 8]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 8]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
African Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops senegalensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Zosterops senegalensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Zosterops senegalensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Zosterops [senegalensis, stuhlmann, anderssoni, stenocricotus or poliogastrus]

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Geelglasogie
Catalan: zostèrops africà
Czech: kruhoočko žlutozelené
Danish: Gul Brillefugl
German: Senegalbrillenvogel
English: African Yellow or Forest White-eye, African Yellow White-eye, Yellow White-eye
English, HBW: African Yellow White-eye
English (IOC): African Yellow/Forest White-eye, Northern Yellow/Forest/Green/Southern Yellow White-eye
English (Kenya): African Yellow White-eye
English (United States): African Yellow White-eye
Spanish: Anteojitos Senegalés, Ojiblanco Africano
Spanish (Spain): Anteojitos Senegalés
Spanish (HBW): African Yellow White-eye
Finnish: Afrikankeltarilli
French: Oiseau-lunettes jaune, Zostérops jaune, Zostérops jaune ou Z. forestier, Zostérops jaune, Z. de Stuhlmann, Z. d'Andersson ou Z. forestier
Hungarian: szenegáli pápaszemesmadár
Italian: Occhialino africano, Occhialino giallo africano
Japanese (romaji): kiiromejiro
Japanese: キイロメジロ
Scientific: Zosterops [senegalensis or stenocricotus], Zosterops [senegalensis, stuhlmanni, anderssoni or stenocricotus], Zosterops senegalensis, Zosterops senegalensis senegalensis
Lithuanian: Senegalinis baltavokis
Dutch: Afrikaanse Brilvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gulbrillefugl
Norwegian: Gulbrillefugl
Polish: szlarnik senegalski, Szlarnik taita
Portuguese: Olho-branco-amarelo
Russian: Сенегальская белоглазка
Slovak: okánik kanáričí, Okánik kanárikovitý
Shona: Kahwarameso
Serbian: Afrička žuta belooka
Swedish: afrikansk glasögonfågel , Afrikansk gul glasögonfågel
Swahili: Kinenginenge Manjano
Turkish: Afrika gözlükçüsü
Tsonga: Manqiti
Ukrainian: Окулярник сенегальський
Chinese: 黄绣眼鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲黃繡眼
Zulu: umBicini

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