Fernando Po Speirops

Zosterops brunneus (Salvadori, 1903)

Fernando Po Speirops, Zosterops brunneus, is a white-eye found on montane Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea Islands, where it is confined to the higher parts of Pico Basilé. It lives in moist montane forest and high-altitude shrubland, especially on the upper slopes above 1900m. The bird is brown overall, with darker upperparts and paler underparts. It also uses lichen forest and montane heathland. It is known to occur in small groups of four or five, and it feeds on insects taken from trees, as well as fruit and seeds.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Zosteropidae — White-eyes

Breeding range

Africa: montane Bioko (n Gulf of Guinea Is.)