Alternative name: Yellow-ringed White-eye
- Zosterops wallacei
Identification
11·5 cm (4½ in)
- Orange-yellow forehead
- Faint yellow supercilium
- Brownish olive-green upperparts
- Yellow crown and nape
- Black spot in front of eye
- Dark eyes
- Greyish-blue legs
Distribution
Indonesia: Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa, Flores, Komodo, Sumba and Lomblen)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1]..
Habitat
They are usually to be found in coastal savanna, as well as coffee and cashew plantations.
Behaviour
Diet
They feed in fruiting and flowering trees, but there is no information available about their diet.
Breeding
They lay brown-spotted pale blue eggs.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Yellow-spectacled White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Yellow-spectacled_White-eye
