Saturday, 19 January 2013

Oriental white-eye

                               It is a resident breeder in open woodland in tropical Asia, east from the Indian Subcontinent to Southeast Asia.This bird is small (about 8–9 cm long) with yellowish olive upper parts, a white eye ring, yellow throat and vent. The belly is whitish grey but may have yellow in some subspecies. The sexes look similar. The species is found in a wide range of habitats from scrub to moist forest.These white-eyes are sociable, forming flocks which only separate on the approach of the breeding season. They are highly arboreal and only rarely descend to the ground. The breeding season is February to September but April is the peak breeding season.

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