Mauritius olive white-eye

Mauritius olive
On Île aux Aigrettes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. chloronothos
Binomial name
Zosterops chloronothos
(Vieillot, 1817)
Range highlighted in red
Synonyms

Zosterops chloronothus
Zosterops olivacea chloronothos[2]

The Mauritius olive white-eye (Zosterops chloronothos,[3][4][5] often mistakenly spelled Zosterops chloronothus[6][7]) is a very rare and localized passerine from the family of white-eyes (Zosteropidae). It is one of two white-eye species endemic to the island of Mauritius, the other being the Mauritius grey white-eye.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Zosterops chloronothos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22714005A125581755. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714005A125581755.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Staub, F. (1993). Fauna of Mauritius and associated flora. Port Louis: Précigraph Limited. 103 p.
  3. ^ The species was first described and named Zosterops chloronothos by Vieillot in Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle Appliquée Aux Arts... vol. 9, p.408.
  4. ^ Sibley and Monroe's checklist of the Birds of the World, 1993.
  5. ^ Alan P. Peterson's checklist of the Birds of the World.
  6. ^ BirdLife Species Factsheet.
  7. ^ (2007) Rare Birds Yearbook 2008. England: MagDig Media Lmtd, 208. ISBN 978-0-9552607-3-5.