How big is a Yellow-throated White-eye?

The Yellow-throated White-eye is a tiny sized bird weighing about 14 g.

Where can you see a Yellow-throated White-eye?

The Yellow-throated White-eye occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

What birds look similar to a Yellow-throated White-eye?

The Yellow-throated White-eye is most easily confused with the Principe Speirops, the Sao Tome White-eye and the Seychelles White-eye.

Is the Yellow-throated White-eye endangered?

The Yellow-throated White-eye is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Yellow-throated White-eye

Zosterops metcalfii

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies · Passeriformes · Legendary

The Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii) is a legendary white-eyes, yuhinas, and alli found in 2 countries, weighing about 14 g. The yellow-throated white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae.

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Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii), photo 1 — Photo: Noam Markus · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii), photo 2 — Photo: Meek · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii), photo 3 — Photo: Meek · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

About the Yellow-throated White-eye

The yellow-throated white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands archipelago.

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Where it lives

Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands

When to see it

Best months: January, June, July, September, October, November, with peak activity in September. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Yellow-throated White-eye look like?: The yellow-throated white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae.
How big is a Yellow-throated White-eye?: The Yellow-throated White-eye is a tiny sized bird weighing about 14 g.
Where can you see a Yellow-throated White-eye?: The Yellow-throated White-eye occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
What birds look similar to a Yellow-throated White-eye?: The Yellow-throated White-eye is most easily confused with the Principe Speirops, the Sao Tome White-eye and the Seychelles White-eye.
Is the Yellow-throated White-eye endangered?: The Yellow-throated White-eye is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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