Green white-eye


The green white-eye is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The green white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the African yellow white-eye . It is now considered as a separate species based in part on the phylogenetic relationships determined in a 2013 molecular study.
Four subspecies are recognised:Z. s. stuhlmanni Reichenow, 1892 – northwest Tanzania, south and central UgandaZ. s. reichenowi Dubois, AJC, 1911east D.R. CongoZ. s. toroensis Reichenow, 1904 – northeast D.R. Congo and west UgandaZ. s. scotti Neumann, 1899southwest Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and above in the Virunga Mountains