Speirops
Genus of birds
Speirops | |
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Speirops leucophoeus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: | Zosterops Vigors and Horsfield, 1827 |
Speirops are a group of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. They are restricted to the islands of the Gulf of Guinea and a single mountain in Cameroon.[citation needed] It contains the following species:
- Fernando Po speirops (Zosterops brunneus)[1]
- Príncipe speirops (Zosterops leucophoeus)[2]
- Black-capped speirops (Zosterops lugubris)[3]
- Mount Cameroon speirops (Zosterops melanocephalus)[4]
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