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Oriental White-eye

Zosterops palpebrosus

Description:

This bird is small (about 8–9 cm long) with yellowish olive upper parts, a white eye ring, yellow throat and vent. The belly is whitish grey but may have yellow in some subspecies. The sexes look similar.

Habitat:

Seen at a farm near a river.

Notes:

These white-eyes are sociable, forming flocks which only separate on the approach of the breeding season. They are highly arboreal and only rarely descend to the ground.

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8 Comments

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thank you Saumya :)

Saumya Wanniarachchi
Saumya Wanniarachchi 10 years ago

Soooo Cute ! :) :)

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thanks again Hema. This one was sitting right outside our window.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

Great Quality of picture!

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thank you Hema :-)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

superb!

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thanks Reza :-)

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Lovely !

Wild Things
Spotted by
Wild Things

Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Nov 6, 2013
Submitted on Mar 15, 2014

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