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Zosterops (white-eye)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Zosteropidae

Taxonomy
Zosterops was named by Vigors and Horsfield (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Zosteropidae by Burney et al. (2008) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Zosterops Vigors and Horsfield
2008Zosterops Burney et al. p. 18
2017Zosterops Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyZosteropidaeBonaparte 1853
genusZosteropsVigors and Horsfield 1827

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Zosterops Vigors and Horsfield 1827 [white-eye]
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Zosterops abyssinicus Guérin-Méneville 1843 [Abyssinian white-eye]
Zosterops chloronothos Vieillot 1817 [Mauritius white-eye]
Zosterops conspicillatus Kittlitz 1833 [bridled white-eye]
Zosterops maderaspatanus Linnaeus 1766 [Madagascar white-eye]
Zosterops mauritianus Gmelin 1789 [Mauritius gray white-eye]
Zosterops montanus Bonaparte 1850 [mountain white-eye]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available