White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Sri Lanka White-eye (Zosterops ceylonensis) - HBW 13, p. 447
French: Zostérops de Ceylan
German: Ceylonbrillenvogel
Spanish: Anteojitos Cingalés
Other common names: Sri Lanka Hill/Ceylon (Hill)/Large Sri Lanka White-eye
Taxonomy: Zosterops ceylonensis Holdsworth, 1872, Nuwara Eliya and on the upper hills, Sri Lanka.
Closest to Z. palpebrosus, and may have originated from ancestors of latter following their double colonization of Sri Lanka. Morphologically (long tail and bill, large wing, greener upperparts) and ecologically (restricted to hills) apparently closest to race nilgiriensis of Z. palpebrosus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Hills and mountains of Sri Lanka.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on flowers Locality Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Mike Edgecombe 28 February 2006 4 years ago 41 sec 4.4 -
A pair in a bush, one of them preening its head with its foot. Locality Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 3 years ago 20 sec 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 30 October 2008 4 years ago 24 sec 3.8 -
A bird foraging in a bush. Locality Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 3 years ago 24 sec 3
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Brief stop a bird foraging.
Locality Horton Plains National Park, Central Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 9 January 2012 1 year ago 4.3 -
An adult bird sipping flower nectar.
Locality Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 3 August 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Eating on flowers.
Locality Horton Plains National Park, Central Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 9 January 2012 1 year ago 3.9 -
a single bird in a tree
Locality Sri Lanka
Gerhard.Tauscher 29 January 2013 15 weeks ago 3.9 -
Nectaring
Locality Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Guy Poisson 3 January 2011 2 years ago 3.7 -
Searching for nectar
Locality Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Guy Poisson 3 January 2011 2 years ago 3.7
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A bird singing. Locality Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka
(Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 30 October 2008 18 weeks ago 4
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