Key Identification Features
- Its plumage shows distinct colour morphs that range from gray to brown.
- The species is typically blue-grey, with a brownish wash covering the mantle, and has distinctly rufous-brown flanks.
- It has chestnut-coloured eyes and a very indistinct eye-ring, another feature that sets it apart from the Réunion olive white-eye.
- The subspecies of this bird found in the Sulawesi region may need to be recognized as a separate distinct species, Z.
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