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The Vanuatu white-eye is 11–12 cm (4.3–4.7 in) in overall length. The adult male is yellow-green above while the underparts are bright yellow or yellow-green depending on the subspecies. The forehead is yellow and there is a white ring around the eye. The legs and feet are dark grey and the bill is brown above and pinkish below. Female and immature birds are similar to the male but paler. The immatures also have a narrower eye-ring. The contact call is short and high-pitched. The song is a repeated warbling.
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When to see the Vanuatu White-eye
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Vanuatu White-eye
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Vanuatu White-eye
The Vanuatu white-eye or yellow-fronted white-eye is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Zosterops in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Vanuatu, where it is one of the most common birds.
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Easily confused with
Black-crowned White-eyeZosterops atrifronsThe black-crowned white-eye is a songbird species.
Everett's White-eyeZosterops everettiEverett's white-eye is a bird species in the disputed family Zosteropidae, which might belong with the Old World babblers (Timaliidae).
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