Abyssinian White-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus) | Details

Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Zosterops abyssinicus and Z. flavilateralis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as Z. abyssinicus following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) and Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,820,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	3.5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified.

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Eritrea	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
Oman	extant	native	yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Yemen	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Djibouti	Forêt de Day
Djibouti	Mabla
Eritrea	Asmara escarpment
Eritrea	Ghinda
Eritrea	Semenawi Bahri
Ethiopia	Awash National Park
Ethiopia	Omo National Park
Somalia	Boorama plains
Somalia	Daalo
Somalia	Gacan Libaax
Yemen	Hawf deciduous cloud forest
Yemen	Jabal Bura
Yemen	Jabal Iraf
Yemen	Ta'izz wadis

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 3100 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/abyssinian-white-eye-zosterops-abyssinicus on 19/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 19/12/2024.