Bird name:

Japanese White-eye

Zosterops japonicus

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

White-eyes (Zosteropidae)

Code 4

JAWE

Code 6

ZOSJAP

ITIS

179912

Breeding Location:

Lowlands, Forests, Urban

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Expanding

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

3 - 4

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Fine grasses, spiderwebs, moss, and lichens.

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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General

Japanese White-eye: Small songbird with 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. Sexes are similar, juveniles are indistinguishable from adults 30 days after hatching.

Range and Habitat

Japanese White-eye: Abundant and widespread on all main islands in wet forests and suburban areas from sea level to the tree line.

Breeding and 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.

Foraging and 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.

Vocalization

Japanese White-eye: Song is a warbling twitter and call is a high "tseet", sometimes mimics the songs of other birds.

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.

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Undertail coverts

Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Belly

The ventral part of the bird, or the area between the flanks on each side and the crissum and breast. Flight muscles are located between the belly and the breast.

Chin

The area of the face just below the bill.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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