THIS bird is locally abundant in rural towns and areas along the Western regions of the Orange River.
They like riverine scrub and bush where they feed on insects, spiders, nectar and fruit, especially orange pulp from feeding trays.
These white-eyes are found in pairs when breeding, otherwise gregarious in flocks of up to 100 birds.
They forage restlessly in foliage from canopy to undergrowth, on branches and sometimes on the ground, hopping and hanging agilely in all kinds of postures.
They drink and bathe frequently in streams, birdbaths, puddles and dew on foliage.
The call is a high pitched harsh chirrit.
Breeding takes place from August until April.
The nest is a small, neat, thin walled cup of fine grass, stems, roots, hair bound with spider web. The lining is plant down and feathers.
Nests are suspended from a horizontal fork of shrub, bush or tree, from one to six metres above ground.
Two to three plain white or plain blue/ green eggs are laid. The incubation period is 10 to 12 days and nestlings for 12 to 13 days.
No tribal name and in Afrikaans die gariepglasogie.
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