Madagascar goggles bird
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Madagascar goggle bird (Zosterops maderaspatanus) |
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The Madagascar glasses bird ( Zosterops maderaspatanus ) is a species of bird in the family of glasses birds . It occurs in the Comoros , Madagascar , Mayotte and the Seychelles .
Subspecies
The following subspecies are described:
- Z. m. aldabrensis ( Ridgway , 1894) - Aldabra Atoll
- Z. m. menaiensis ( Benson , 1969) - Cosmoledo Atoll and the Astove Island
- Z. m. kirki ( Shelley , 1880) - Grande Comore
- Z. m. comorensis ( Shelley , 1900) - Mohéli
- Z. m. anjuanensis ( E. Newton , 1877) - Anjouan
- Z. m. maderaspatanus ( Linnaeus , 1766) - Madagascar and the Îles Glorieuses islands
- Z. m. voeltzkowi ( Reichenow , 1905) - Island of Europe in the Mozambique Strait
description
The Madagascar goggle bird reaches a length of 10-12 centimeters and weighs about 11 g. Its upper side, wings and tail are olive green, the throat well demarcated yellow, chest and belly are pale gray. The characteristic white eye ring on the front of the reddish-brown eye is not closed. The top of the beak is black, the underside gray, legs and feet are blue-gray.
Habitat and way of life
The habitat of the Madagascar goggle bird includes subtropical or tropical dry forest , mangrove forest and mountain forest . It feeds mainly on insects and fruits.
The Madagascar goggle bird usually occurs in larger groups and is very common in Madagascar.
Hazardous situation
The Madagascar glasses bird is considered 
(= least concern - not endangered).
literature
- Ian Sinclair, Olivier Langrand : Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands. New edition. Struik et al., Cape Town et al. 2004, ISBN 1-86872-956-7 .
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus in the Internet Bird Collection
Individual evidence
- ^ A b F. Hawkins, R. Safford, A. Skerrett: Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands. Helm Field Guides, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4729-2409-4
- ↑ Handbook of the Birds of the World
- ^ Adrian Skerrett, Tony Disley: Birds of Seychelles . Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4729-4601-0 , p. 140.
- ↑ Zosterops maderaspatanus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2016.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2016.