page_title: Indian white-eye
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Indian white-eye / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: Undecided which Field Guide to post to, so sent to both White eye on Prunus cerasoides The bird: This is the lowland form, wonder is doing here at 1300m elevation Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus ssp: Zosterops palpebrosus melanurus Local name: Indonesian: Burung kaca mata biasa 1st. February 2010 Location&#160;: Gunung Gede, Java, Indonesia Habitat: www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/1116377761 Distribution: www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?pg=map&amp;zoom=asi&amp;a... The plant: Rather far from the Himalayas where it originates. www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Prunus+cerasoides en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_cerasoides 690V1557.
context_page_description: The Indian white-eye, formerly the Oriental white-eye, is a small 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. They are easily identified by the distinctive white eye-ring and overall yellowish upperparts. The range previously extended eastwards to Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Malaysia but when the taxa in these regions were assigned to other species, the English name was changed.
context_section_description: The species is found in a wide range of habitats from scrub to moist forest. They sometimes occur on mangrove areas such as in the Karachi area. and on islands they may lead a more insectivorous life. They are somewhat rare only in the drier desert regions of western India.
  A feral population was detected in San Diego, California in the 1980s and subsequently eradicated.
caption: Oriental white-eye in Prunus cerasoides