The Mount Cameroon speirops or Cameroon speirops (''Zosterops melanocephalus'') is a species of
bird in the disputed
family Zosteropidae, which might be included in the
Timaliidae. It is
endemic to
Cameroon.
Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical moist
montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude
shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
. It is threatened by
habitat loss caused by
containerization.
References
*BirdLife International 2004.
Speirops melanocephalus 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
Birds described in 1862
Taxa named by George Robert Gray
Endemic birds of Cameroon
Zosterops
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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