Canary White-eye
Zosterops luteus· 绣眼鸟科(2 photos)
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Canary White-eye
9.5-11 cm. Bill like Silvereye: upperparts yellow-olive; forehead/underparts bright yellow. Immature: duller. Colours blend well with yellow-green leaves of mangroves. Habits like other white-eyes; but note specialised habitat.
- Other name
- Canary White-eye, Australian Yellow White-eye.
- Similar Species
- Pale White-eye.
- Voice
- like other white-eyes, with distinct dialect; reportedly lower in pitch, more nasal and metallic than Silvereye; song canary-like; perhaps loudest of any Aust. white-eye.
- Habitat
- coastal mangroves, acacia thickets; adjacent eucalypt, paperbark woodlands; monsoon thickets; vegetation on coastal rivers; trees, gardens in coastal towns.
- Breeding
- Oct.-March.
- Nest
- deep cup of soft grasses, spiders' web; suspended from horizontal fork, usually of mangrove.
- Eggs
- 3-4; paler blue than Silvereye.
- Range & Status
- coasts and some coastal islands of nw. and n. Aust.: from Shark Bay (WA) to Edward R., C. York Pen. (Q). Isolated records Princess Charlotte Bay and in region of Ayr-mouth of Burdekin R. (e. coastal Q). Extends some distance inland along rivers. Common. Sedentary.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Zosterops luteus luteus 2. Zosterops luteus balstoni
