Oriental white-eye
Oriental white-eye,Photo: Asif Ishtiaque
শ্বেতাক্ষী/বাবুনাই/চশমা টুনি/ উদয়ি ধলা চোখ
Zosterops palpebrosus, (Temminck, 1824)
রাজ্য / Kingdom: | Animalia |
বর্গ / Order: | Passeriformes |
পরিবার / Family: | Zosteropidae |
গন / Genus: | Zosterops |
প্রজাতি / Species: | Z. palpebrosus, (Temminck, 1824) |
Photos by:
- ANM Aminoor Rahman
- Kawsar Mostafa
- Masud Mushfiq Zaman
- Showkot Shuvro
- Asif Ishtiaque
- Ikbal H. Babu
- Sadat Amin Khan
Description
It’s a hyperactive little bird with a yellowish olive upperparts. It has got distinctive white eye ring and yellow throat and vent. It’s belly is whitish grey.
They are highly arboreal. Hunts for small insects and nectar forming flocks. Their habitat is wide ranging from scrub to moist forests and also in mangroves.
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