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| Cape white-eye | |
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| Ssp. virens upper, capensis lower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. virens
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| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops virens Sundevall, 1850
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| Native range:[2][3]
Z. v. virens
Z. v. capensis
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The Cape white-eye (Zosterops virens) is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is native to southern Africa. It is commonly found in suburbia, parks and gardens,[2] besides a variety of mesic to well-watered habitats.
- ^ BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Zosterops virens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103889606A111177432. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103889606A111177432.en. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ a b Chittenden, H.; Allan, David; Weiersbye, Ingrid; et al. (2012). Roberts geographic variation of southern African birds. Cape Town: JVBBF. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-1-920602-00-0.
- ^ Hockey, P. A. R.; Dean, W. R. J.; Ryan, P. G. (2005). Roberts Birds of Southern Africa (7th ed.). Cape Town: Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. pp. 822–823. ISBN 0-620-34053-3.