Mount Cameroon speirops | |
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Illustration (upper bird) by J G Keulemans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: | Zosterops |
Species: | Z. melanocephalus |
Binomial name | |
Zosterops melanocephalus G.R. Gray, 1862 | |
Synonyms | |
Speirops melanocephalus |
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