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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性	Crested White-eye	Japanese White-eye
学名	Heleia dohertyi	Zosterops japonicus
目	Passeriformes	Passeriformes
科	Zosteropidae	Zosteropidae
保全状況	Least Concern	Least Concern
体長	—	11.5 cm (4.5 in)
翼開長	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)
体重	20.0 g (0.71 oz)	11.0 g (0.39 oz)
食性	--	Insects, nectar, and fruit. Active gleaner that flits through foliage and visits flowers. Important pollinator …
一腹卵数	1-3	2-6
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Crested White-eye —

Japanese White-eye 11.5 cm

翼開長

Crested White-eye 12.2 cm

Japanese White-eye 17.0 cm

体重

Crested White-eye 20.0 g

Japanese White-eye 11.0 g

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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

🌲 Forest

Crested White-eye only

None

Japanese White-eye only

None

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

Crested White-eye

Japanese White-eye

さえずり

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Crested White-eye

Japanese White-eye

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

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保全状況

Least Concern

Crested White-eye

Least Concern

Japanese White-eye

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How to Tell Them Apart

Crested White-eye

Japanese White-eye

羽毛

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

くちばし

Thin, pointed, slightly decurved dark bill

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About These Birds

Crested White-eye

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.

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