| Kikuyu white-eye | |
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| In Nairobi National Park, Kenya | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 kikuyuensis) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It was formerly 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 (2017). "Zosterops kikuyuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103891215A113128436. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103891215A113128436.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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