Indian White-eye

Zosterops palpebrosus (Temminck, 1824)

≈10 cmLength8.6 gWeight

It has a white eye-ring and yellowish-olive upperparts and searches trees for nectar and small insects in small flocks.

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Thailand, Nepal

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Conspicuous white eye-ring
Yellowish-olive upperparts
Yellow throat
Grayish-white belly, yellowish in some subspecies

Male, female and young

Sexes similar.

Voice

It calls frequently while foraging; a common contact call is a soft, nasal “cheer”.

Where and when it's recorded

Indian White-eye has been recorded at 654 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 14 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

GKVK CampusIndia7,850 records
Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia5,417 records
Canara Bank LayoutIndia3,220 records

More places

Valley SchoolIndia2,064 records
Nandi HillsIndia1,781 records
Forest Research Institute (FRI), New Forest CampusIndia1,765 records
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, PookodeIndia1,532 records
Wildlife Institute of India (WII) – Nature Trail & LakeIndia1,509 records
Doddanekundi KereIndia1,411 records
Saul Kere / Sowl KereIndia1,391 records

Countries and regions with the most records

India Thailand Nepal Sri Lanka China Malaysia Bhutan Pakistan

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus), formerly the Oriental white-eye, is a small species of passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is a resident breeder in open woodland on the Indian subcontinent. They forage in small groups, feeding on nectar and small insects.

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