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Everett’s White-eye
Zosterops everetti
Everett's White-eye (Zosterops everetti) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of South & Southeast Asia.
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The Everett’s White-eye (Zosterops everetti) is a member of the Zosteropidae family found in South & Southeast Asia. Adults weigh 10 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Passeriformes
- Family Zosteropidae White-eyes
- Genus Zosterops
- Species everetti
Where it lives
Talaud Is. (northeast of northeastern Sulawesi), Visayas (except westernmost), Mindanao group and Sulu Arch. (east-central, southern Philippines)
Quick facts
- Weight
- 10 g
- Diet
- Omnivores
- Family
- Zosteropidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Everett’s White-eye is a omnivore — it takes a broad, omnivorous diet of both plant and animal foods.
Behaviour
A bird of dense forest, it spends much of its time perched in trees and shrubs.
Migration
The Everett’s White-eye is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Everett’s White-eye (Zosterops everetti) is a member of the Zosteropidae family, within the order Passeriformes. Its range spans South & Southeast Asia. Its distribution covers OR Talaud Is. (ne of ne Sulawesi), Visayas (except westernmost), Mindanao group and Sulu Arch. (ec, s Philippines).
It is a very small bird. Adults weighs around 10 g, with a wing length of about 5.4 cm and a tail of around 3.8 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
The species has a mapped global range of roughly 123,000 km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Everett’s White-eye?
The Everett’s White-eye is a very small bird that weighs around 10 g.
Where does the Everett’s White-eye live?
The Everett’s White-eye is found across South & Southeast Asia with a range covering OR Talaud Is. (ne of ne Sulawesi), Visayas (except westernmost), Mindanao group and Sulu Arch. (ec, s Philippines), where it favours woodland, forest and well-treed country.
What family does the Everett’s White-eye belong to?
The Everett’s White-eye (Zosterops everetti) belongs to the Zosteropidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Everett’s White-eye eat?
The Everett’s White-eye is a omnivore — it takes a broad, omnivorous diet of both plant and animal foods.
Does the Everett’s White-eye migrate?
The Everett’s White-eye is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Everett’s White-eye endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Everett’s White-eye make?
1 real field recording of the Everett’s White-eye — including its call — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Everett’s White-eye's range?
The Everett’s White-eye has a mapped global range of about 123,000 km².
Conservation
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