Angola white-eye
The Angola white-eye, is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. It is found from central Democratic Republic of the Congo to northern and central Angola. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the northern yellow white-eye.
Taxonomy
The Angola white-eye was formally described in 1932 by the American ornithologist James Chapin based on a specimen that had been collected near Luluabourg in the Kasaï region of the Democratic [Republic of the Congo]. Chapin considered his specimen to be a subspecies of the forest white-eye and coined the trinomial name Zosterops stenocricotus kasaicus. The Angola white-eye was formerly considered to be conspecific with the northern yellow white-eye. The species were split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 that found significant genetic divergence between the two species.Three subspecies are recognised:Z. k. kasaicus Chapin, 1932 – central DR Congo to northeast AngolaZ. k. heinrichi Meise, 1958 – northwest AngolaZ. k. quanzae Meyer de Schauensee, 1933 – central Angola