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Rounded wings, strong legs, marked eye-ring of white feathers. Upperparts olive-green; throat and vent are bright yellow. | Rounded wings, strong legs, marked eye-ring of white feathers. Upperparts olive-green; throat and vent are bright yellow. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Central and southern [[Namibia | + | Central and southern [[Namibia]] and [[South Africa]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
A member of the [[:Category:Zosteropidae|Zosteropidae]] family (Swainson, 1838) closely related to [[African Yellow White-eye]] ''Zosterops senegalensis'' | A member of the [[:Category:Zosteropidae|Zosteropidae]] family (Swainson, 1838) closely related to [[African Yellow White-eye]] ''Zosterops senegalensis'' | ||
Revision as of 14:26, 30 August 2014
- Zosterops pallidus
Identification
Length 12 cm, mass 8-15 g
Rounded wings, strong legs, marked eye-ring of white feathers. Upperparts olive-green; throat and vent are bright yellow.
Distribution
Central and southern Namibia and South Africa.
Taxonomy
A member of the Zosteropidae family (Swainson, 1838) closely related to African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
Subspecies[1]
There are two subspecies:1
- Z. p. pallidus
- Southern Namibia to North-West Province and northern Northern Cape Province
- Pale yellow central belly, with peach-coloured flanks
- Z. p. sundevalli
- Southern parts of Northern Cape Province
- Pale yellow central belly, with peach-coloured flanks
Formerly considered conspecific with Cape White-eye.
Habitat
Forest, woodland, thickets plantations and gardens. Prefers drier, more open woodland than Cape White-eye.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds mainly on insects, but also soft fleshy flowers, nectar, fruit and small grains. It will come to bird feeders.
Breeding
Breeding season is September to December. Builds a cup nest in a tree, lays 2-3 pale blue eggs, which hatch in 11-12 days. Young fledge in 12-13 days.
Vocalisation
The call is a sweet twee tuuu twee twee, higher pitched and more trilled in the Orange River White-eye. The territorial call is very loud.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of Southern African White-eyes
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Orange River White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Orange_River_White-eye
