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Southern Yellow White-eye

Zosterops anderssoni Shelley, GE 1892

The southern yellow white-eye is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in parts of southern Africa. It was formerly considered conspecific with the African yellow white-eye. Source: Wikipedia

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


Original description

Citation:
  Shelley, GE 1892

Reference:
   Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 1 p.5

Protonym:
  Zosterops anderssoni

Type locality:
  Damaraland [type in British Museum from Elephant Vley] .

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101092#page/31/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  ABDC4E76CE241149

Avibase ID:
  avibase-ABDC4E76

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/ABDC4E76


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 917134

Geographic range:

  • 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
English:
Southern Yellow White-eye
German:
Südbrillenvogel
Spanish:
Anteojitos del Zambeze
Spanish (Spain):
Anteojitos del Zambeze
French:
Zostérops d'Andersson
Dutch:
Zuidelijke Afrikaanse Brilvogel
Norwegian:
gulbrillefugl (anderssoni/stierlingi)
Polish:
szlarnik wyżynny
Portuguese:
olho-branco-amarelo-do-sul
Portuguese (Portugal):
olho-branco-austral
Russian:
Южноафриканская белоглазка
Slovak:
okánik Anderssonov
Swedish:
anderssonglasögonfågel
Ukrainian:
окулярник лимонний
Chinese:
南黄绣眼鸟


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 2]
Clements, version 2021:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Southern Yellow White-eye ( Zosterops anderssoni) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Zosterops [senegalensis, stuhlmanni or anderssoni] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Geelglasogie
German: Südbrillenvogel
English: Southern Yellow White-eye
English, HBW: African Yellow White-eye (Southern)
English (IOC): Southern Yellow White-eye
English (United States): Southern Yellow White-eye
Spanish: Anteojitos del Zambeze
Spanish (Spain): Anteojitos del Zambeze
Estonian: bantu prilliklind
French: Zostérops d'Andersson, Zostérops jaune (anderssoni)
Scientific: Zosterops anderssoni, Zosterops anderssoni anderssoni
Dutch: Zuidelijke Afrikaanse Brilvogel
Norwegian: gulbrillefugl (anderssoni/stierlingi)
Polish: szlarnik wyżynny
Portuguese: olho-branco-amarelo-do-sul
Portuguese (Portugal): olho-branco-austral
Russian: Южноафриканская белоглазка
Slovak: okánik Anderssonov
Swedish: anderssonglasögonfågel
Turkish: Güneyli Sarı Gözlükçü
Ukrainian: окулярник лимонний
Chinese: 南黄绣眼鸟

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