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Ethiopian white-eye has a vivid yellow head and crown that extends all the way to its white eyering and a narrow black line extending from the eye to its black beak. Underneath the beak, the rest of the head is yellow as well. The flight feathers are lime-green. The tips of the feathers then
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377:The Ethiopian white-eye was formerly treated as a
293:and north, central and east Ethiopia. Its natural
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602:Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club
685:"Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes"
301:, to subtropical or tropical high-altitude
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358:meaning "eye". The specific epithet
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514:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
362:combines the Ancient Greek πολιος/
289:. It is found in southeast Sudan,
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1059:Taxa named by Theodor von Heuglin
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366:meaning "grey" with γαστηρ/
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793:Zosterops poliogastrus
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752:"Heuglin's White-eye (
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507:Zosterops poliogastrus
419:Zosterops eurycricotus
415:broad-ringed white-eye
383:molecular phylogenetic
344:Zosterops poliogastrus
282:bird in the white-eye
267:Zosterops poliogastrus
199:Zosterops poliogastrus
336:Zosterops poliogastra
309:, and rural gardens.
270:), formerly known as
232:Zosterops poliogaster
1049:Birds of East Africa
550:von Heuglin, Theodor
403:Zosterops mbuluensis
395:Zosterops winifredae
391:south Pare white-eye
248:Zosterops winifredae
224:Zosterops kulalensis
181:Z. poliogastrus
35:Ethiopian white-eye
486:in the wet season.
427:Zosterops kaffensis
323:Theodor von Heuglin
272:Heuglin's white-eye
262:Ethiopian white-eye
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761:Birds of the World
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646:Jobling, James A.
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411:Zosterops silvanus
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