Pemba White-eye

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and dry savanna.

The Pemba White-eye is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Pemba White-eye) typically one can find a pair of Dickinson's Kestrel, a placid study in soft greys, perched on a dead branch atop their favourite tree; a variety of waterbirds, and sometimes especially early of a morning, a brace of that rarest, and hardest to bag, of all the endemics - the Pemba Green Pigeons who come to enjoy the early sun in the tall dead snags that fringe the pools. More

The Pemba White-eye (Zosterops vaughani) is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and dry savanna. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Zosterops vaughani. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. More

* The Pemba Sun Bird, Pemba White-Eye, Pemba Green Pigeon - all endemic to the island. * The rare Pemba Scops-owl has been listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species since 2004. Many of the island’s birds, including the Pemba Scops-owl, used to survive well in Pemba’s many clove plantations, but with the fall in clove prices, many of the clove trees are being cut down and replaced by non-tree crops. More

Pemba White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis - vaughani) Black-breasted Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis corruscus vaughani) Endemic and Endangered Biodiversity The Mpapindi Palm (Chrysulidocarpus pembanus) is endemic to Ngezi forest where it is well established particularly inland from Verani Beach. It is included in the international list of endangered species and occurs naturally nowhere else in the world. At Ngezi, endemic species and subspecies are found not only in plants, mammals and birds but also in butterflies. More