Sri Lanka White-eye (Zosterops ceylonensis)

Other Names (World)
Sri Lanka White-eye, Sri Lanka Hill White-eye, Ceylon White-eye, Ceylon Hill White-eye, Large Sri Lanka White-eye

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Holdsworth, 1872

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest.

Range (Guide)

Sri Lanka.

Hills and mountains of Sri Lanka.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Sri Lanka White-eye (Zosterops ceylonensis) [XC207782]
by Mike Nelson from Horton Plains, Sri Lanka (call)

Sri Lanka White-eye (Zosterops ceylonensis) [XC19385]
by Frank Lambert from Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Closest to Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus), and may have originated from ancestors of latter following their double colonization of Sri Lanka. Morphologically (long tail and bill, large wing, greener upperparts) and ecologically (restricted to hills) apparently closest to subspecies nilgiriensis of Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus).

References
See References.

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