Hume's White-eye

Hume's White-eye

Zosterops auriventer

Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Kuala Lumpur

In 3 days ~10%

45 Verified sightings at Kuala Lumpur
596 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Hume's White-eye

Hume's white-eye (Zosterops auriventer) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in upland areas of Myanmar, southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. This species was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus). Based on a study published as two articles in 2017, it was promoted to species rank. Included as subspecies are two taxa that were previously treated as subspecies of Everett's white-eye (Zosterops everetti).

There are four subspecies: It is omnivorous. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Malaysia · 2019

© Marc Anderson · XC503488 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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Cambodia · 2013

© Frank Lambert · XC157444 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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Malaysia · 2013

© Mike Nelson · XC151538 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
2 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
3 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
4 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Hume's White-eye in Kuala Lumpur?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hume's White-eye sighting in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 129th most-seen of the 228 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Hume's White-eye in Kuala Lumpur?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hume's White-eye in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Hume's White-eye?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hume's White-eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Hume's White-eye?

Only Kuala Lumpur, in our data

Kuala Lumpur is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hume's White-eye sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Hume's White-eye sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Hume's White-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Kuala Lumpur (45 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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