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White-eyes
   
   

Fig 1 : Swinhoe's White-eye


Fig 2 : Yellow-ringed White-eye


Fig 3 : Japanese White-eye


Fig 4 : Black-capped White-eye

Fig 1 :
Swinhoe's White-eye
Zosterops simplex
Location : West Coast, Singapore
Habitat : Wooded, residential area
Notes : This bird is gathering soft, fibrous nesting material in early May. 

Fig 2 :
Yellow-ringed White-eye
Zosterops wallacei
Location : Flores, Indonesia
Habitat : Secondary coastal forest
Notes : This bird appeared to be searching for small insects amongst leaf litter.

Fig 3 :
Japanese White-eye (introduced)
Zosterops japonicus
Location : West Coast, Singapore
Habitat : Wooded, residential area

Fig 4 :
Black-capped White-eye
Zosterops atricapilla
Location : Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo
Habitat : Montane forest

Fig 5 :
Chestnut-flanked White-eye
Zosterops erythropleurus
Location : Kaeng Krachan, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Habitat :
Forest edge
Note : Photo by Charles Currin

Fig 6 :
Hume's White-eye
Zosterops auriventer
Habitat : Lowland, primary forest edge

Fig 5 : Chestnut-flanked White-eye
 

©  Charles Currin


Fig 6 : Hume's White-eye