Zosterops auriventer
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
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 →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hume's White-eye sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 210 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 177th most-seen of the 360 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March and June–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hume's White-eye in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and August–December, the lowest months.
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.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Hume's White-eye sightings, Kaeng Krachan National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Khao Yai National Park (Thailand, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hume's White-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (210 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
