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Kirk's White-eye
Zosterops kirki Shelley, 1880
Zosteropidae — White-eyes
Kirk's White-eye, Zosterops kirki, is a passerine of the white-eye family that breeds on Grande Comore in the north-western Comoros, off Africa. It was described by Shelley in 1880. The bird is tied to forest, savanna, shrubland, grassland and human-made habitats, and it stays on the islands throughout the year. It is a small white-eye with a pale eye-ring, yellow-green upperparts and a dark bill. Its name honours John Kirk.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Zosteropidae — White-eyes
- Breeding range
- Africa: Grande Comore (=Njazidja; nw Comoros)
