Swinhoe's White-eye

Zosterops simplex

Family: White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies · Status: Very common introduced resident · Size: 10.5–11 cm · Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Eastern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam south to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Introduced in Singapore.

Identification

Olive-green upperparts with white eye-ring. Throat, upperbreast, and forehead yellow. Lower breast and belly pale grey with yellow undertail coverts. Native erwini has a yellow ventral stripe extending to the belly; introduced simplex lacks this.

Habitat

Secondary forest and forest edge; also old plantation, scrub, mangroves, parks, and gardens.

Behaviour

Highly gregarious; usually seen in small flocks gathered to feed at flowering trees.