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Taita White-eye Zosterops silvanus



References

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., ?ekercio?lu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.

Brooks, T. 1997. Threatened birds of Kenya 9: Taita Thrush. Kenya Birds 5(2): 102-104.

Brooks, T.; Lens, L.; Barnes, J.; Barnes, R.; Kageche Kihuria, J.; Wilder, C. 1998. The conservation status of the forest birds of the Taita Hills, Kenya. Bird Conservation International 8: 119-139.

Callens, T., Galbusera, P., Matthysen, E., Durand, E. Y., Githiru, M., Huyghe, J. R., and Lens, L. 2011. Genetic signature of population fragmentation varies with mobility in seven bird species of a fragmented Kenyan cloud forest. Molecular Ecology 20(9): 1829-1844.

del Hoyo, J,, Collar, N., and Kirwan, G.M. 2020. Taita White-eye (Zosterops silvanus), version 1.0. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, (eds), Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Global Forest Watch. 2020. Interactive Forest Change Mapping Tool. Available at: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 08 December 2022).

Lens, L., Van Dongen, S., Norris, K., Githiru, M. and Matthysen, E. 2002. Avian persistence in fragmented rainforest. Science 298: 1236-1238.

Mulwa, R. K., Bennun, L. A., Ogol, C. K. P. O., Lens, L. 2007. Population status and distribution of Taita White-eye Zosterops silvanus in the fragmented forests of Taita Hills and Mount Kasigau, Kenya. Bird Conservation International 17: 141-150.

Wakesa, C., Kirui, B.K., Maranga, E.K., and Maturi, G. 2020. The Fate of Taita Hills Forest Fragments: Evaluation of Forest Cover Change between 1973 and 2016 Using Landsat Imagery. Open Journal of Forestry 10: 22-38.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Taita White-eye Zosterops silvanus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/taita-white-eye-zosterops-silvanus on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.