The Aldabra white-eye (''Zosterops aldabrensis'') is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the island of

Aldabra Aldabra is the world's second-largest coral atoll, lying south-east of the continent of Africa. It is part of the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, with a distance of 1,120 k ...

in the Indian Ocean. The Aldabra white-eye was formerly treated as a

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

of the Malagasy white-eye (''Zosterops maderaspatanus'') but based on the results of a

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study published in 2014, it is now treated as a separate species.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q31874030 Aldabra white-eye Birds of Seychelles Aldabra white-eye Taxa named by Robert Ridgway Endemic fauna of Seychelles