Girish Mahajan (Editor)

Mountain blackeye

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Scientific name
  
Chlorocharis emiliae

Higher classification
  
Chlorocharis

Order
  
Passerine

Mountain blackeye httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Family
  
Zosteropidae (disputed)

Genus
  
Chlorocharis Sharpe, 1888

Similar
  
Pygmy white‑eye, Eyebrowed jungle flycatcher, Black‑capped white‑eye, Lophozosterops, Bornean whistler

The mountain blackeye (Chlorocharis emiliae) is a bird species in the monotypic genus Chlorocharis. 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.

References

Mountain blackeye Wikipedia