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
노래
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.
Bioko Speirops
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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.
Bioko Speirops
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Conservation Status Comparison
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보전 상태
Least Concern
Japanese White-eye
Vulnerable
Bioko Speirops
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Identification Tips — How to Tell Them Apart
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How to Tell Them Apart
Japanese White-eye
깃털
Olive-green upperparts with a bright white eye-ring. Yellow throat and undertail coverts. Greyish-white belly.
부리
Thin, pointed, slightly decurved dark bill
Bioko Speirops
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About Each Bird (Descriptions)
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The Bioko Speirops is a vulnerable white-eye endemic to the montane forests of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. It has brown-olive plumage without the typical white eye-ring of most white-eyes. It forages in forest canopy for insects, nectar, and berries, and is threatened by habitat loss and its very restricted island range.
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