ASHY-BELLIED WHITE-EYE

Photographed on Little Tuesday Island, Torres Straits, March 2018

1241             ASHY-BELLIED WHITE-EYE                Zosterops citrinella

AUSTRALIA                  736

Sometimes called Pale White-eye or Pale-bellied White-eye. Found in Lesser Sundra Islands and northern Cape York Peninsula. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moiast lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE

Subspecies egregius, March 2017

(*   327/829)             ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE               Zosterops palpebrosus

SRI LANKA               130

Found in trees. 10 cm. Fairly common breeding resident from lowlands up to mid hills, uncommon in high hills.

SRI LANKA WHITE-EYE

March 2017

1139              SRI LANKA WHITE-EYE               Zosterops ceylonensis

SRI LANKA                    170

Endemic. Found in forest, wooded areas and garden trees and scrubs. 11 cm. Common from mid hills up to high hills, locally in forest of lower hills.

CHRISTMAS ISLAND WHITE-EYE

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016.

950          CHRISTMAS WHITE-EYE            Zosterops natalis

AUSTRALIA (Christmas Island)            679

Also known as Christmas Island White-eye. Found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist scrubland. Endemic to Christmas Island. 

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ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE

Photographed in Singapore (Singapore Zoo carpark) November 2016

(see 327/869)                  ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE              Zosterops palpebrosus

SINGAPORE  (Singapore Zoo carpark)             (89)

Common resident, but victim to the pet trade and wide populations may be from escapees; secondary forests, forest edges, old plantations, scrub, mangroves and parkland, including urban areas. 11 cm. Distribution: much of Indian sub-continent, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas.

ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE

Photographed on Nusa Penida, Indonesia October 2016

(867)              ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE                Zosterops palpebrosus  

INDONESIA (Nusa Penida)          (90)        

Found in open woodlands, mangroves and cultivation; also occurs in inland forest to 1,400 m. 11 cm. Distribution: Oriental region; widespread and fairly common resident on Sumatra, Java, Bali Sumbawa and Flores.

Note: This is the only photograph I have been able to take of this bird so far.

SLENDER-BILLED WHITE-EYE

Photographed Norfolk Island January 2016

751              SLENDER-BILLED WHITE-EYE             Zosterops albogularis

Australia            (594)

Found in rainforests, palm forest, tall regrowth; replaced by Silvereye in gardens and edge habitat. Range: endemic to Norfolk Island., mostly in the NP in the n.

YELLOW WHITE-EYE

Photographed at New Beach, Western Australia April 2015

580          YELLOW WHITE-EYE             Zosterops luteus

Australia           (423)

Also known as Canary White-eye. Found in coastal mangroves, acacia thickets; vegetation on coastal rivers; trees, gardens in coastal towns. Range along coast and some coastal islands of nw. and n. Aust.: from Shark Bay(WA) to Edward R. (e. coast Q.). 9.5-11 cm.

AFRICAN YELLOW WHITE-EYE

387          AFRICAN YELLOW WHITE-EYE              Zosterops senegalensis

South Africa         (80)

Range across ne of Southern Africa. Found in subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical most lowland forest, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, common in gardens. 11 cm.

ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE

329          ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE               Zosterops palpebrosus

Nepal         (6)

Ranges from Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia, extending to Indonesia and Malaysia. Found in open woodland in tropical Asia. 8-9 cm.