Christmas White-eye (Zosterops natalis) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ForestCup nestTiny · 10 g

Christmas White-eye (Zosterops natalis), photo 1 — Photo: ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0

Christmas White-eye (Zosterops natalis), photo 2 — Photo: ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0

Christmas White-eye (Zosterops natalis), photo 4 — Photo: ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0

Christmas White-eye (Zosterops natalis), photo 5 — Photo: ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0

Christmas White-eye (Zosterops natalis), photo 6 — Photo: ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0

Christmas White-eye (Zosterops natalis), photo 7 — Photo: ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0

Christmas White-eye (Zosterops natalis), photo 8 — Photo: ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0

Christmas White-eye (Zosterops natalis), photo 9 — Photo: ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0

Christmas White-eye (Zosterops natalis), photo 10 — Photo: ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The Christmas white-eye has a length of between 11.7 and 13.5 cm (4.6 and 5.3 in). The upper parts are greyish-olive and the underparts whitish. There is a yellowish streak above the eye and a distinctive white feather ring surrounding the eye.

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When to see the Christmas White-eye

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Christmas White-eye

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

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Recorded as a rare visitor in Australia.

About the Christmas White-eye

The Christmas white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Christmas Island. Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat destruction.

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Easily confused with

Makira White-eyeZosterops rendovaeThe Makira white-eye, also known as the grey-throated white-eye, is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family, Zosteropidae.

Javan White-eyeZosterops flavusThe Javan white-eye is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae that occurs in Java and Borneo.

Sangihe White-eyeZosterops nehrkorniThe Sangihe white-eye is a species of bird in the white-eye family.

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