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Ashy-bellied White-eye
Zosterops citrinellaBonaparte, 1850
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Zosteropidae
- Genus
- Zosterops
At a glance
The Ashy-bellied White-eye is a tiny bird, about 10–12 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 10–12 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Local
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does an Ashy-bellied White-eye look like?
The Ashy-bellied White-eye is a tiny bird, about 10–12 cm long and weighing 9–13 g.
The ashy-bellied white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae found in the Lesser Sunda Islands in the Indonesian Archipelago and northern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. It is sometimes called the pale white-eye or pale-bellied white-eye, but should not be confused with the pale-bellied white-eye.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see an Ashy-bellied White-eye?
The Ashy-bellied White-eye is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does an Ashy-bellied White-eye eat?
The Ashy-bellied White-eye feeds on fruit and terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in flocks.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
3 photos
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