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Cape White-eye
Zosterops virens
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus
Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus
Southern Yellow White-eyeZosterops anderssoni
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| South Africa | 1,590 |
|---|---|
| Western Cape | 812 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 268 |
| Gauteng | 198 |
| Eastern Cape | 109 |
| Limpopo | 84 |
| Mpumalanga | 71 |
| Free State | 14 |
| Nothern Cape | 5 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Dietary
- OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsBIRDBASE avian traits database
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies · Zosteropidae |
| Genus | Typical White-eyes · Zosterops |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Cape White-eye with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.