Pygmy Ibon

Pygmy Ibon
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Zosteropidae
Genus:	Oculocincta Mees 1953
Species:	O. squamifrons
Binomial name
Oculocincta squamifrons (Sharpe, 1892)

The Pygmy Ibon (Oculocincta squamifrons), also known as the Pygmy White-eye, is a species of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. It is monotypic within the genus Oculocincta.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to the hill forest and lower montane forest of north Borneo.

Behaviour

It feeds on small berries, fruits, seeds and insects, foraging in small flocks of 4 to 8 birds. It will associate with other birds when feeding, including other white-eyes, cuckoo-doves, yuhinas and erpornises. The species is common but inconspicuous.

References

• BirdLife International (2004). Oculocincta squamifrons. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
• va Balen, Bas (2008), "Family Zosteropidae (White-eyes)", in Josep, del Hoyo; Andrew, Elliott; David, Christie, Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13, Penduline-tits to Shrikes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 483, ISBN 978-84-96553-45-3 

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