Japanese white-eyes sucking nectar from flowers of mistletoe, Taxillus yadoriki

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Shot Date: 2023/10/07
Shot Location: Minabe-cho, Hidaka-gun, Wakayama

species
Zosterops japonicus

Key Words
Foraging
Nector sucking
Hemiparasitic plant
Pollinator


Yutaka TAMADERA
2025/12/27 submitted



Animalia >Chordata >Aves >Passeriformes >Zosteropidae >Zosterops >

Two Japanese white-eyes are sucking nector from flowers of Taxillus yadoriki (PM 4:15, 7 Oct 2023). The bird species is recognized as a pollinator of this mistletoe species in Japan (Yumoto 1987, Ecological Reseach 2).

(Data No.momo251227zj01b)

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