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Black-fronted white-eye

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Black-fronted white-eye
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. chrysolaemus
Binomial name
Zosterops chrysolaemus
Salvadori, 1876

The black-fronted white-eye (Zosterops chrysolaemus) is a songbird species. It is closely related to the Old World babblers, and its family Zosteropidae might better be included in the Tiimalidae. The black-fronted white-eye was formerly considered a subspecies of the green-fronted white-eye, (Zosterops minor), and until it was split as a distinct species, the name "black-fronted white-eye" was also used for Z. minor.[2]

It is found in New Guinea. Quite common, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Zosterops chrysolaemus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 28 May 2021.