Heuglin's White-eye or Ethiopian White-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus),(formerly the Montane White-eye)is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in north-eastern and eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, plantations, and rural gardens.
The Mbulu white-eye, the south Pare white-eye and the broad-ringed white-eye were formerly considered as subspecies of Heuglin's white-eye. They were promoted to species rank based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014. To reflect this change, the English name was changed from "Montane white-eye" to "Heuglin's white-eye".
There are three subspecies:
• Z. p. kulalensis Williams, JG, 1948 – Mount Kulal (north Kenya)
• Z. p. poliogastrus Heuglin, 1861 – southeast Sudan, Eritrea, north, central, and east Ethiopia
• Z. p. kaffensis Neumann, 1902 – west and southwest Ethiopia
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IUCN Red Listof Threatened Species 2016: e.T103891168A95032406. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103891168A95032406.en. Downloaded on 20 August 2019.