Lemon-eyed bird

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Lemon-eyed bird
Lemon-eyed bird

Lemon-eyed bird

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Superfamily : Sylvioidea
Family : Spectacled birds (Zosteropidae)
Genre : Zosterops
Type : Lemon-eyed bird
Scientific name
Zosterops citrinella
Bonaparte , 1850

The lemon Brillenvogel ( Zosterops citrinella ) is a Singvogelart from the family of white-eyes (Zosteropidae).

description

The lemon-rimmed bird reaches a size of 10 to 12 cm. The head plumage is yellow, the back plumage changes from yellow to green. The throat is yellowish and the belly is white in color. There is a striking white ring around the eyes. The tail is light green, the legs are black.

Distribution and way of life

The lemon-eyed bird is found in the forests, mangroves, and grassy areas of the Lesser Sunda Islands , the islands of the Torres Strait, and other islets on the north coast of Australia . It feeds on insects, leaves and flowers, but also does not spurn berries and nectar. The song of the birds is described as very high. He could be heard from a long way off. Their complex singing can usually be heard in the morning, when making contact with the partner and especially during the mating season. The small birds vigorously defend their territory against other conspecifics, while the birds perform elaborate flight maneuvers or hack each other with their beak.

Reproduction

The breeding season of the birds lasts from December to June. Both partners are involved in the construction of the nest, a woven ball of leaves, which u. a. glued together with cobwebs and placed in a fork of branches of tall trees. The female lays 2 to 4 whitish to light blue eggs in the nest. The breeding period is 10–12 days and the young birds are looked after in the nest for around 11–13 days, after which the young birds are looked after by both parents together for up to 2 weeks.

Danger

The IUCN classifies this species as potentially endangered ( Least Concern ) because of its large distribution area .

literature

  • Christopher M. Perrins (Ed.): The FSVO encyclopedia birds of the world. Translated from the English by Einhard Bezzel. BLV, Munich / Vienna / Zurich 2004, ISBN 978-3-405-16682-3 , pp. 310, 312 (title of the original English edition: The New Encyclopedia Of Birds. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003).
  • Christopher M. Perrins: The Great Encyclopedia of Birds . Orbis Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-572-00810-7 , pp. 295 & 297 .

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