Prasad Hapuarachchi
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Oriental White-eye (Small White Eye) Zosterops palpebrosa - හීන් මල් කුරුල්ලා
Identification :
(10 cm) Smaller and yellower than Sri Lankan White-eye. Mainly greenish-yellow, white-ring only narrowly broken to front; greyish-white lower Brest, belly, and flanks. Active and acrobatic when feeding making contact calls, following one another through tree foliage seeking invertebrates and nectar.
Voice :
A constant "tseer tseer" contact call
Status and Distribution :
Common resident in forests, gardens, almost any-where with trees in lowlands and hills to 1300 in wet zone and up to 2000 m in drier eastern hills.
Nesting :
In small cup slung between thin branches; mainly April-May and September
PHP_2475
Oriental White-eye (Small White Eye) Zosterops palpebrosa - හීන් මල් කුරුල්ලා
Identification :
(10 cm) Smaller and yellower than Sri Lankan White-eye. Mainly greenish-yellow, white-ring only narrowly broken to front; greyish-white lower Brest, belly, and flanks. Active and acrobatic when feeding making contact calls, following one another through tree foliage seeking invertebrates and nectar.
Voice :
A constant "tseer tseer" contact call
Status and Distribution :
Common resident in forests, gardens, almost any-where with trees in lowlands and hills to 1300 in wet zone and up to 2000 m in drier eastern hills.
Nesting :
In small cup slung between thin branches; mainly April-May and September