SRI LANKA WHITE-EYE | ශ්රී ලංකා සිතැසියා | Endemic
LOCAL NAMES
- Sri Lanka sithasiya, ශ්රී ලංකා සිතැසියා, व्हाइट आई, வெள்ளை-கண், ਚਿੱਟੀ ਅੱਖ, पांढरा डोळा,
- Dutch Ceylonese Brilvogel
- English Sri Lanka White-eye
- English (United States) Sri Lanka White-eye
- French Zostérops de Ceylan
- French (French Guiana) Zostérops de Ceylan
- German Ceylonbrillenvogel
- Japanese セイロンメジロ
- Norwegian veddabrillefugl
- Polish szlarnik cejloński
- Russian Ланкийская белоглазка
- Serbian Belooka sa Šri Lanke
- Slovak okánik cejlónsky
- Spanish Anteojitos Cingalés
- Spanish (Spain) Anteojitos cingalés
- Swedish ceylonglasögonfågel
- Turkish Prinsipe Yeşil Gözlükçüsü
- Ukrainian Окулярник цейлонський
DESCRIPTION
Zosterops ceylonensis, SRI LANKA WHITE-EYE is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. A small, greenish white-eye, with a bold white eye ring and yellow throat. It is endemic to Sri Lanka and found mostly in highlands of Sri Lanka. Usually encountered in active flocks within the canopy of forest and neighboring wooded areas in the hills and mountains. very vocal, their sounds calls are like … It is featured in the 35 cents postal stamp in Sri Lanka. Named locally as Sri Lanka sithasiya.