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Yellow White-eye

(Zosterops luteus)
Alternate name(s): "Canary White-eye", "Yellow Silvereye", "Pale Silvereye", "Pale-bellied Silvereye"
Size: 9.5-11 cm
Weight: 7-11 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Yellow White-eye at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "luteus"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Kurumba, QLD, June 2007]

Frontal view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Kurumba, QLD, June 2007]

Near-frontal view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, July 2020]

Near-frontal view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Rapid Creek, Darwin, NT, October 2018]

Near-lateral view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Buffalo Creek, Darwin, NT, July 2020]

Lateral view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Casuarina Coastal Reserve, Darwin, NT, April 2013]

Lateral view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Rapid Creek, Darwin, NT, October 2018]

Lateral view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Rapid Creek, Darwin, NT, October 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Rapid Creek, Darwin, NT, October 2018]

Dorsal view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Rapid Creek, Darwin, NT, October 2018]

Close-up ventral view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Kurumba, QLD, June 2007]

Ventral view of a Yellow White-eye (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Darwin, NT, January 2018]

Yellow White-eyes in mangrove (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Darwin, NT, January 2018]

Food, Diet

This crafty Yellow White-eye knows where to find water (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Home Hill, QLD, September 2019]

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

yelweye_pb_20180831.m4a luteus
(Top End, NT)
Contact calls? (in-flight) © PB
yelweye_pb_20201014.m4a luteus
(Top End, NT)
Various © PB
yelweye_pb_20191015.m4a luteus
(Top End, NT)
Various © PB
yelweye_pb_20191015_2.m4a luteus
(Top End, NT)
Various © PB
yelweye_pb_20200126.m4a luteus
(Top End, NT)
Various © PB

More Yellow White-eye sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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