Japanese White-eye

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