Alternative names: Great Kai White-eye; Great Kei White-eye; Kai Besar White-eye
- Zosterops grayi
Identification
13cm.
- frontal band yellow
- eyering broad white interrupted by blackish spot at front
- anterior cap dark brownish
- rest of crown and upperparts bright yellowish-citrine
- primaries and tail feathers blackish-brown with broad yellow-citrine edges
- throat, upper breast and undertail-coverts lemon-chrome
- belly white with yellow median stripe connecting yellow of vent with yellow of throat
Sexes similar, juveniles undescribed.
Similar species
Similar to Golden-bellied White-eye but forehead yellow (not dusky), white eyering and underside white (not yellow).
Distribution
Endemic to Kai Besar Island, Indonesia.
A moderately common restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It's sometimes considered conspecific with Golden-bellied White-eye and forms a superspecies with it.
Habitat
Forest, open woodland and cultivation. Occurs from sea-level up to 610m.
Behaviour
No information on diet.
Usually seen in pairs, sometimes singly or in mixed-species flocks. Forages in middle storey.
No information about breeding.
Presumably a resident species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pearl-bellied White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pearl-bellied_White-eye
