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Japanese White-eye

Zosterops japonicusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Japanese White-eye Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Brown
  • Head Pattern: Eyering
  • Crown Color: Olive
  • Forehead Color: Olive
  • Nape Color: Olive
  • Throat Color: Yellow
  • Cere color: No Data
Japanese White-eye Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 10-11 cm (4-4.5 in)
  • Weight: 11 g (0.39 oz)
  • Size: Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color Primary: Olive
  • Underparts: Buff to white
  • Upperparts: Olive-green
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Undulates, actively flits and swoops among foliage.
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Olive-gray
  • Under Tail: Gray
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family
Species Zosterops japonicus
Length4 - 4.5 Inches
Wingspan Inches

Japanese White-eye

Japanese White-eye: Small and active, this introduced songbird has olive-green upperparts and a prominent white eyering. Chin, throat and undertail coverts light yellow, belly off-white with dusky wash on sides and flanks. Gray wings and tail are outlined in green. Legs, feet, and bill are black.

● Song: "tseet, tseet"

● Foraging & Feeding: Japanese White-eye: Forages at all heights and eats a variety of fruits and nectar as well as insects. May hawk for flying insects. Since this bird eats a large variety of exotic fruit it widely disperses seeds of invasive plants such as raspberries and blackberries in native forests.

● Breeding & nesting: Japanese White-eye: Three to four white eggs are incubated for 11 days in a cup-shaped nest of fibers and grasses. Both parents incubate and tend to the nest. Will raise up to three clutches per season.

● Similar species: Japanese White-eye: Hawaii Creeper, Hawaii Amakihi, Alauahio, Akeke'e, and Anianiau all share olive-green and yellow coloring, however they lack the white eye-ring, buff flanks, and off-white belly.

Flight Pattern

Undulates, actively flits and swoops among foliage.
Japanese White-eye Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Japanese White-eye: Abundant and widespread on all main islands in wet forests and suburban areas from sea level to the tree line.
BreedingMonogamous
PopulationExpanding
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.39 Ounces