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Oriental White-eye in Marmalade Bush
Zosterops palpebrosus
10.2381, 77.4892
Field Notes
Description:
Small green-yellow and grey bird with distinctive white ring surrounding the eye. Feeding on Marmalade bush flowers.
Habitat:
2700 metres high in tropical mountains southern India
Notes:
This spotting thrilled me at the time because I was certain it was a bird from home; the Silvereye. I have since found it is a different species Zosterops lateralis. (Plant is Streptosolen jamesonii)
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Oriental White-eye
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2012
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