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Angola White-eye

Zosterops kasaicus Chapin, JP 1932

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

Original description

Citation:
  Chapin, JP 1932

Reference:
   Amer. Mus. Novit. no.570 p.15

Protonym:
  Zosterops stenocricotus kasaicus

Type locality:
  Luluabourg, Kasai district.

Link:
  https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/4197/

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  BA056A20DCC84830

Avibase ID:
  avibase-BA056A20

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/BA056A20

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 917139

Geographic range:

  • 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)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Angola White-eye
Bulgarian:
Анголска белоочка
Danish:
Kasai Brillefugl
Esperanto:
angola zosteropo
Spanish:
Anteojitos Angoleño
Spanish (Spain):
Anteojitos angoleño
French:
Zostérops d'Angola
Dutch:
Angolabrilvogel
Norwegian:
angolabrillefugl
Polish:
szlarnik angolski
Portuguese:
olho-branco-de-angola
Slovak:
okánik angolský
Serbian:
Angolska belooka
Swedish:
angolaglasögonfågel
Turkish:
Angola Gözlükçüsü
Ukrainian:
Окулярник ангольський
Chinese:
安哥拉绣眼鸟

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Angola White-eye ( Zosterops kasaicus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Northern Yellow White-eye [quanzae, kasaicus or heinrichi] ( Zosterops senegalensis [quanzae, kasaicus or heinrichi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Angola White-eye ( Zosterops kasaicus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Angola White-eye ( Zosterops kasaicus) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Angola White-eye ( Zosterops kasaicus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Angola White-eye ( Zosterops kasaicus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Angola White-eye ( Zosterops kasaicus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Northern Yellow White-eye (quanzae Group) ( Zosterops senegalensis [quanzae Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Northern Yellow White-eye (quanzae Group) ( Zosterops senegalensis [quanzae Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Northern Yellow White-eye (quanzae Group) ( Zosterops senegalensis [quanzae Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Angola White-eye ( Zosterops kasaicus) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Angola White-eye ( Zosterops kasaicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Angola White-eye ( Zosterops kasaicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Angola White-eye ( Zosterops kasaicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Angola White-eye ( Zosterops kasaicus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

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

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bulgarian: Анголска белоочка
Danish: Kasai Brillefugl
German: Senegalbrillenvogel [quanzae-Gruppe]
English: Angola White-eye, Northern Yellow White-eye (quanzae Group), Northern Yellow White-eye [quanzae, kasaicus or heinrichi]
English (Avilist): Angola White-eye
English, HBW: African Yellow White-eye (quanzae Group), Northern Yellow White-eye (quanzae Group)
English (IOC): Angola White-eye, Northern Yellow White-eye (quanzae Group)
English (United States): Angola White-eye, Northern Yellow White-eye (quanzae Group)
Esperanto: angola zosteropo
Spanish: Anteojitos Angoleño, Anteojitos Senegalés (grupo quanzae)
Spanish (Spain): Anteojitos angoleño, Anteojitos senegalés (grupo quanzae)
French: Zostérops d'Angola, Zostérops jaune (groupe quanzae), Zostérops jaune (kasaicus), Zostérops jaune (quanzae), Zostérops jaune [quanzae, kasaicus ou heinrichi]
French (Guyane): Zostérops jaune (groupe quanzae)
Japanese: キイロメジロ（quanzae グループ）
Scientific: Zosterops kasaicus, Zosterops senegalensis [quanzae Group], Zosterops senegalensis [quanzae, kasaicus or heinrichi], Zosterops senegalensis quanzae
Dutch: Angolabrilvogel
Norwegian: angolabrillefugl
Polish: szlarnik angolski, szlarnik senegalski [gr. quanzae]
Portuguese: olho-branco-de-angola
Portuguese (Angola): Olho-branco-amarelo do norte [grupo quanzae]
Portuguese (Portugal): olho-branco-amarelo [grupo quanzae]
Russian: Африканская белоглазка [группа quanzae]
Slovak: okánik angolský, okánik angolský (skup.)
Serbian: Angolska belooka
Swedish: afrikansk glasögonfågel [gruppen quanzae], angolaglasögonfågel
Turkish: Angola Gözlükçüsü, Kuzeyli Sarı Gözlükçü [quanzae grubu]
Ukrainian: Окулярник ангольський, Окулярник сенегальський [група quanzae]
Chinese: 安哥拉绣眼鸟

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