Warbling white-eye
Amazing fact
The warbling white-eye wraps spider silk around a fork in a branch to make a base for its nest.
三重県総合博物館
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The warbling white-eye wraps spider silk around a fork in a branch to make a base for its nest.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Warbling white-eye
- Scientific name
- Zosterops japonicus
- Japanese name
- メジロ
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Zosteropidae
- Genus
- Zosterops
Where the name “Warbling white-eye” comes from
The Japanese name mejiro comes from the white ring around its eyes.
岡崎市（水とみどりの森の駅）It prefers evergreen broadleaf woods, and is also seen in leafy parks and around houses.
Smaller than a sparrow, it has a yellowish-green back and a white ring around each eye.
It eats berries, flower nectar and insects. In winter it may visit garden trees to sip nectar.
How the Warbling white-eye lives
Many live in pairs or small flocks. It moves nimbly among leafy branches, eating spiders and insects. In early spring, it can be seen gathering at camellia and plum blossoms. In Hokkaido and mountain areas, it moves to warmer places or lower ground in autumn and winter.
新潟県愛鳥センター紫雲寺さえずりの里三重県総合博物館岡崎市（水とみどりの森の駅）日本野鳥の会 BIRD FANBasic data
- Size
- Total length: 12 cm日本野鳥の会 BIRD FAN
- Diet
- Fruit, flower nectar, insects and other foods国土交通省 山国川河川事務所
Where the Warbling white-eye has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- メジロ
- 简体中文
- 日本绣眼鸟
- 繁體中文
- 日菲繡眼
- 한국어
- 동박새
- Español
- Anteojito japonés
- Français
- Zostérops du Japon
- Deutsch
- Japanbrillenvogel
- Português (Brasil)
- Olho-branco-do-japão
- Italiano
- Occhialino del Giappone
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Kacamata gunung
- Русский
- Японская белоглазка
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 日本野鳥の会 BIRD FAN — メジロChecked: 2026-11-03
- 国土交通省 山国川河川事務所 — 山国川の鳥図鑑 メジロChecked: 2026-11-03
- 岡崎市（水とみどりの森の駅） — メジロChecked: 2026-11-06
- 三重県総合博物館 — メジロ（Zosterops japonicus）Checked: 2026-11-05
- 新潟県愛鳥センター紫雲寺さえずりの里 — 展示鳥類剥製（メジロ）Checked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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Japanese bush warbler and Warbling white-eye: how to tell them apart
Japanese bush warblers have a pale eyebrow stripe, while warbling white-eyes have a white ring around each eye.
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