Cape White-Eye
Zosterops virens
Aves › Passeriformes › Zosteropidae › Zosterops
Conservation status: least_concern
The Cape white-eye is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is native to southern Africa. It is commonly found in suburbia, parks and gardens, besides a variety of mesic to well-watered habitats.
How To Identify
Small to medium-sized songbird with striking plumage that often combines patches of white, vivid green, and yellow markings.
Habitat
It typically inhabits fynbos scrubland, coastal forests, gardens, and woodland edges in the southwestern Cape region of South Africa.
Behaviour
Cape White-eyes are gregarious and highly vocal, moving through vegetation in active flocks while making characteristic chirping calls, and they frequently visit flowering plants and fruiting trees.
Native Range
The Cape White-Eye is native to southern Africa.
Did You Know?
Cape White-eyes have a distinctive white eye-ring that gives them their name, and they are highly social birds that often forage in noisy, acrobatic flocks. They can hang upside-down while feeding on nectar and small insects.
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