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ShrublandCup nestTiny · 11 g
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The sexes are alike and measure 10–13 cm from bill to tail tip. It has pale olive green upper part plumage, a yellow throat and supraloral stripe, and a tawny buff tone to the flanks and sides of breast, which is regionally diagnostic. The lore plumage and bare parts are black. The juvenile plumage is a pale version of the adult's, and the white eye-rings appear during the second month.
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When to see the Orange River White-eye
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Orange River White-eye
The map shades 5 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Lesotho.
About the Orange River White-eye
The Orange River white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae, which is native to Namibia and South Africa. It was formerly deemed conspecific with the Cape white-eye, but the two species occur sympatrically in central South Africa, and they are genetically distinct.
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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.
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensisA small yellow bird with a prominent white eye ring surrounding a dark eye.
Green White-eyeZosterops stuhlmanniThe green white-eye is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae.
Side by side: Cape White-eye vs Orange River White-eye · Orange River White-eye vs Warbling White-eye · Canary White-eye vs Orange River White-eye · Northern Yellow White-eye vs Orange River White-eye
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