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Warbling white-eye
Sign in to saveAlso known as Zosterops japonica, Zosterops japonicus, Japanese white-eye, Mountain white-eye
species of bird
Species
Least ConcernWarbling White-eye
species
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Zosterops
- Image
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.392 - Zosterops japonica - Yūshi Ishizaki - Cock Blomhoff Collection - pencil drawing - water colour.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
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- Zosterops japonicus
- taxon name
- Zosterops japonicus
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- Zosterops japonicus
- taxon common name
- olho-branco-da-montanha
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
- short name
- Z. japonicus
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Encyclopedic overview
A warbling white-eye feeding on blossoms in Kamakura, Japan
The warbling white-eye (Zosterops japonicus) is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. The specific epithet is occasionally written japonica, but this is incorrect due to the gender of the genus. Its native range includes much of East Asia, including the Russian Far East, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and the Philippines. It has been intentionally introduced to other parts of the world as a pet and as pest control, with mixed results. As one of the native species of the Japanese islands, it has been depicted in Japanese art on numerous occasions, and historically was kept as a cage bird.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Warbling white-eye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.