Broadleaf evergreen forests, gardens, parks, and suburban areas. Highly adaptable and common in East Asian gardens.
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Song & Call Comparison
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Song & Call Comparison
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.
Ambon White-eye
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Geographic Range & Migration
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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.
Ambon White-eye
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Conservation Status Comparison
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保全状況
Least Concern
Japanese White-eye
Least Concern
Ambon White-eye
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Identification Tips — How to Tell Them Apart
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How to Tell Them Apart
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
Ambon White-eye
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About Each Bird (Descriptions)
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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.
The Ambon White-eye is a small zosteropid weighing 12 g with an 10.9 cm wingspan, endemic to Ambon Island in the Moluccas of Indonesia. Like other white-eyes, it forages actively in flocks through forest canopy for nectar, insects, and small fruits.
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