Pygmy white-eye
| Pygmy white-eye | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Oculocincta Mees, 1953 |
| Species: | O. squamifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Oculocincta squamifrons (Sharpe, 1892) | |
The pygmy white-eye (Oculocincta squamifrons), also known as the pygmy ibon, is a species of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. It is monotypic within the genus Oculocincta.[2]
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to the hill forest and lower montane forest of north Borneo.[3]
Behaviour
It feeds on small berries, fruits, seeds and insects, foraging in small flocks of 4 to 8 birds. It will associate with other birds when feeding, including other white-eyes, cuckoo-doves, yuhinas and erpornises. The species is common but inconspicuous.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Oculocincta squamifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "ITIS Report: Oculocincta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ↑ Phillipps, Quentin; & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
- va Balen, Bas (2008), "Family Zosteropidae (White-eyes)", in Josep, del Hoyo; Andrew, Elliott; David, Christie, Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13, Penduline-tits to Shrikes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, p. 483, ISBN 978-84-96553-45-3