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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	Japanese White-eye	Samoan White-eye
الاسم العلمي	Zosterops japonicus	Zosterops samoensis
الرتبة	Passeriformes	Passeriformes
الفصيلة	Zosteropidae	Zosteropidae
حالة الحفاظ	Least Concern	Near Threatened
الطول	11,5 cm (4.5 in)	—
طول الجناح	17,0 cm (6.7 in)	12,3 cm (4.8 in)
الوزن	11,0 g (0.39 oz)	10,6 g (0.37 oz)
النظام الغذائي	Insects, nectar, and fruit. Active gleaner that flits through foliage and visits flowers. Important pollinator …	--
عدد البيض في الوضع	2-6	--
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Japanese White-eye 11,5 cm

Samoan White-eye —

طول الجناح

Japanese White-eye 17,0 cm

Samoan White-eye 12,3 cm

الوزن

Japanese White-eye 11,0 g

Samoan White-eye 10,6 g

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

🌲 Forest

Japanese White-eye only

بلا

Samoan White-eye only

بلا

Japanese White-eye

Broadleaf evergreen forests, gardens, parks, and suburban areas. Highly adaptable and common in East Asian gardens.

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Song & Call Comparison

Japanese White-eye

الغناء

Sweet, high-pitched 'tsee-tsee-tsee' whistle and soft melodic warbling. Flocks produce a continuous tinkling chorus. Alarm is a sharper 'tset'. Song is gentle and rhythmic.

Samoan White-eye

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Geographic Range & Migration

Japanese White-eye

East Asia including Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Introduced to Hawaii and other Pacific islands.

Samoan White-eye

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Japanese White-eye

Near Threatened

Samoan White-eye

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How to Tell Them Apart

Japanese White-eye

الريش

Olive-green upperparts with a bright white eye-ring. Yellow throat and undertail coverts. Greyish-white belly.

المنقار

Thin, pointed, slightly decurved dark bill

Samoan White-eye

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About These Birds

Japanese White-eye

The Japanese white-eye is a familiar garden bird across East Asia, beloved in Japan where it is called mejiro. These sociable birds form flocks outside the breeding season and are important pollinators of plum and cherry blossoms. Unfortunately, introduced populations in Hawaii have become invasive, competing with native honeycreepers.

Samoan White-eye

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