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The green-backed white-eye is 11.5–12.5 centimetres (4.5–4.9 in) in length and weighs around 8.5–12 grams (0.30–0.42 oz). The head and back are dark olive green with a wide white eye-ring and black lores (which breaks the eye-ring at the front), the throat and breast are yellow and the undersides are dirty white. The wings are brown and olive green. The bill is slate coloured with white at the base of the lower mandible, and the legs are pale slate coloured as well. Both sexes are alike, but the plumage of juvenile birds has not been described.
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When to see the Green-backed White-eye
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Green-backed White-eye
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Green-backed White-eye
The green-backed white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is also known as the New Caledonian white-eye. It is endemic to New Caledonia.
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Easily confused with
Bridled White-eyeZosterops conspicillatusThe bridled white-eye is a species of white-eye native to the Mariana Islands and formerly Guam.
Black-fronted White-eyeZosterops minorThe green-fronted white-eye is a songbird species.
Fiji White-eyeZosterops exploratorThe Fiji white-eye is a species of passerine bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
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