Ordinary glasses (Zosterops palpebrosus) is the name of a type of small bird Zosteropidae tribe, nation Passeriformes (bird petengger). This bird is resident in open forests in tropical Asia, from India eastward to China and Indonesia. Known in English as the Oriental White-eye.
Spare glasses birds (Zosteropidae) includes a number of warbler (Passeriformes) that tend to be clustered in a small tropical area in the Old World (including Australasia). Genus Zosterops Sample is. The birds are members of the tribe is characterized by a circle of white around the eyes (from here the English name from the white-eye) or gray.
Many members are endemic to an island or archipelago, such as a new species discovered in 2007 in Togian Islands, Central Sulawesi.
A lively little bird, with body length (from tip of beak to tip of tail) of about 10-11 cm. The upper side of the body covered with feathers greenish or yellowish green (olive green), whereas the bottom side varies slightly depending race, except the neck and chest are bright yellow. Rounded wings and strong legs.
Names ("glasses", white-eye) refers to the circle of a small plume of white around her eyes. Clan name derived from the Greek word Zosterops, which means "belt eye". Appearance of its members are very "normal", there is no striking feature, except for a line of circles around the eyes. Circular wings and has a strong leg. Gray coat color is usually green, but there are species that have fur neck and belly are white or yellow.
Location : Mount Kitanglad, Mindanao, The Philippines
Bird Family : Zosteropidae - White-eyes, black-eye & ibon
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