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Oriental White-Eye


Oriental White-Eye
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Copyright: Ang Hwee Yong (Meerkat) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 20 W: 0 N: 896] (5258)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2010-04-02
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D300, AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/4G ED VR
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/60 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2010-04-15 3:57
Viewed: 3327
Points: 4
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Oriental White-Eye
(Zosterops palpebrosus)
Size: 11 cm

Description:
Note it’s all yellow under-parts. Some sub-species (such as west Javan) have a grey belly with a yellow center stripe. The only lowland white-eye with its range in Indonesia, apart from the Yellow-Spectacled White-Eye and the Lemon-Bellied White-Eye, Z. chloris, confined to small offshore islands.

Voice:
A frequent, high-pitched chatter.

Habits:
Found in open woodlands, mangroves and cultivations. It also occurs in inland forest to 1400m (sometimes higher). It’s always seen in flocks, sometimes mixing with other small birds, moving restlessly through the trees, feeding on flowers, insects and small fruits.

Distribution:
A uncommon resident breeder throughout Singapore.

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  • nagraj Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1618 W: 106 N: 3208] (15166)
  • [2010-04-15 5:53]

Hi,
Very beautiful White eye, nice image. tfs.
nagraj.v

Hello Ang,

Wonderful image of the white eye, very good pose and composition, wish you could control the highlights in photo shop.

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