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Warbling White-eye Life History

Habitat

Forests

Warbling White-eyes occur in forests, open woodlands, forest edges, shrubby areas, parks, gardens, and agricultural areas.

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Food

Insects

Warbling White-eyes eat mainly insects, fruit, and nectar. They forage at all levels in the vegetation, picking insects from leaf surfaces and around flower blossoms.

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Nesting

Nest Placement

Tree

Typically placed in a vegetation cluster near the tip of a tree or shrub branch.

Nest Description

A cuplike structure of grasses or lichens woven together with spiderweb and lined with mosses, lichens, or mammal hair.

Nesting Facts

Egg Description:

Eggs are white when laid but become darker and more opaque just before hatching.

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Behavior

Foliage Gleaner

Warbling White-eyes are highly social birds, forming large flocks of 100+ individuals during the nonbreeding season. They also join mixed-species foraging flocks.

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Conservation

Least Concern

The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists Warbling White-eye’s conservation status as Least Concern.

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Credits

BirdLife International. 2019. Zosterops japonicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T155158005A155636070. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155158005A155636070.en.

Van Riper, S. G. and B. van Balen (2020). Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.warwhe1.01

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