Aldabra white-eye explained

The Aldabra white-eye (Zosterops aldabrensis) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the island of Aldabra in the Indian Ocean.

The Aldabra white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Malagasy white-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus) but based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014, it is now treated as a separate species.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Cox . S.C. . Prys-Jones . R.P. . Habel . J.C. . Amakobe . B.A. . Day . J.J. . 2014 . Niche divergence promotes rapid diversification of East African sky island white-eyes (Aves: Zosteropidae) . Molecular Ecology . 23 . 16 . 4103–4118 . 10.1111/mec.12840 . free . 24954273 . 4255762 . 2014MolEc..23.4103C .
2. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2018 . Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes . World Bird List Version 9.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 23 January 2019 .