Ashy-bellied White-eye (species: Zosterops citrinella) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Zosterops citrinella
Ashy-bellied White-eye


©Anne Hoggett: Pale White-eye at Lizard Island

©Ceri Pearce: An Ashy-bellied White-eye at Palfrey Island, Lizard Island Group.

©Anne Hoggett: An Ashy-bellied White-eye at Palfrey Island, Lizard Island Group.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Timaliidae
Genus Zosterops
Species Zosterops citrinella
Status least concern

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

Uniformly pale greenish/grey above, whitish below. A white ring around the dark eye. Yellow lores (i.e. between eye and nostrils) with a dark stripe below.

Size

  • Up to 12 cm (size according to Simpson and Day, 2004)

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Infrequently seen.

Web resources

References

  • Simpson, K., N. Day and P. Trusler (2004). Field Guide to Birds of Australia: 7th Edition Penguin Group (Australia), Camberwell, Victoria.
  • Smith, G.C. (1987). The birds of Eagle Island, a tropical sand cay on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Sunbird, 17(1): 1-11. LIRS catalog number 245.