Kirk's White-eye

Zosterops kirki

A small, sharp-billed warbler-like bird. Note the completely yellow underparts and the broad white spectacles around the eye. Common in habitats with woody vegetation, including humid forest, plantations, woodland, scrub, and gardens. Usually found in hyperactive flocks. Very similar to Comoro White-eye, and they overlap at the lower reaches of the montane heath zone. Kirk’s White-eye is separated by being slightly smaller and brighter overall, especially on the yellow underparts and above the bill, and most importantly by the broader white eye-ring. The most common calls are a high-pitched, rising rattle and a descending “chew” note, which is also the main component of the quiet, chatty song. 

分类信息

学名
Zosterops kirki
命名信息
Shelley, 1880
Passeriformes
Zosteropidae
Zosterops

分布与栖息地

迁徙
Resident species

保护状况

The bird is not currently threatened in its small, one-island territory. Within their territory, they are commonly spotted even in bird-poor plantations. Although, they are extinct from Mt Karthala and replaced by Z. mouroniensis.

种群趋势
declining

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