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Indian White-eye
Sign in to saveAlso known as Zosterops palpebrosus, Oriental white-eye
species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Zosterops palpebrosus
- taxon name
- Zosterops palpebrosus
- Commons gallery
- Zosterops palpebrosus
- litter size
- 2.8
- egg incubation period
- 10
- taxon common name
- 灰腹绣眼鸟
- taxon author citation
- (Temminck, 1824)
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Encyclopedic overview
Indian white-eye in Kolkata outskirts The Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus), formerly the Oriental white-eye, is a small species of passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is a resident breeder in open woodland on the Indian subcontinent. They forage in small groups, feeding on nectar and small insects. The distinctive white eye-ring and overall yellowish upperparts easily identify them. The range previously extended eastwards to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Their name was recently changed because previous members of Zosterops palpebrosus in Southeast Asia were reclassified as a new species, making the Indian White-eye a more geographically accurate term for this species.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Indian White-eye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.