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Mascarene White-eye

Zosterops borbonicus

Description:

It has a length of 9.5 cm. Its plumage exhibits a colour morph which varies from gray to brown. The rump is coloured conspicuous white, the rest of the body is blue grey. The legs are nearly blackish. There is also a conspicuous ring of white feathers around the chestnut coloured eyes.

Notes:

Exceptionnal because he have 4 morphs depends of the habitat in my island.

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3 Comments

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Lovely.

Liam
Liam 12 years ago

Nice! Second photo isn't working. :\

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Very pretty!

KévinlePape
Spotted by
KévinlePape

Saint-Benoît, La Réunion, Reunion

Spotted on Jan 7, 2012
Submitted on Jan 7, 2012

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