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WoodlandCup nestTiny · 11 g
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A small yellow bird with a prominent white eye ring surrounding a dark eye. The underparts and head are yellow, with a black loral stripe, black bill, the flight and tail feathers are brown edged with yellowish olive. Some subspecies are greener, especially those occurring in forest. Juveniles are darker. This bird measures 11·5 cm in length and the weight varies from 6.8 to 14.1g.
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When to see the Northern Yellow White-eye
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Northern Yellow White-eye
The map shades 30 countries with regular records, and 3 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Congo - Brazzaville, South Sudan, Rwanda.
About the Northern Yellow White-eye
The northern yellow white-eye, formerly the African yellow white-eye, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found across sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west across to southern Sudan in the east and south to northern Angola. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Angola white-eye.
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Easily confused with
Canary White-eyeZosterops luteusZosterops luteus is a small white-eye with a bright olive back and yellow underparts and lores.
Green White-eyeZosterops stuhlmanniThe green white-eye is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae.
Lowland White-eyeZosterops meyeniThe lowland white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae.
Side by side: Northern Yellow White-eye vs Orange River White-eye · Canary White-eye vs Northern Yellow White-eye
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