Habitat

In general, this species inhabits woodland, forest edges, and also cultivated areas. Zosterops poliogastrus poliogastrus and kaffensis can be found in woodland, forest edges (including younger areas and second growth) in highlands, as well as isolated patches of trees, gardens, and cultivations, mostly between 1,340–3,640 m above sea level (19 Ash, J. S., and J. Atkins (2009). Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea: An Atlas of Distribution. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ), and above 1,800 m above sea level in South Sudan (20 Nikolaus, G. (1987). Distribution atlas of Sudan’s birds with notes on habitat and status. Bonner Zoologische Monographien, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany. Close ). Subspecies kulalensis from Mt. Kulal (Kenya) has been mainly recorded in forest edges, cultivated areas, and wet bush at 1,500–2,230 m, with the highest densities in clearings and areas of low-stature forest with a discontinuous canopy. During the dry season, this subspecies is found only in montane forest, where it is more abundant in glades than in closed-canopy forest, while during the wet season it occupies forest and drier bush at lower altitudes, preferring young tree formations with thicker vegetation, and thus less restricted to mature forest than was previously thought (21 Borghesio, L., and P. Laiolo (2004). Habitat use and feeding ecology of Kulal White-eye Zosterops kulalensis. Bird Conservation International 14(1):11-24. Close ).