Mountain blackeye

"Blackeye" redirects here. For other uses, see Black eye (disambiguation).
Mountain blackeye
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae (disputed)
Genus: Chlorocharis
Sharpe, 1888
Species: C. emiliae
Binomial name
Chlorocharis emiliae
Sharpe, 1888

The mountain blackeye (Chlorocharis emiliae) is a bird species in the monotypic genus Chlorocharis.[2] It is closely related to the Old World babblers, and its family Zosteropidae may warrant inclusion in the Tiimalidae.

It is endemic to the island of Borneo.[3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Chlorocharis emiliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "ITIS Report: Chlorocharis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.