Northern populations thrive in brushy woodlands of all kinds, from forests to urban gardens.\u00a0 Southern populations inhabit coastal forests of the humid tropics, some are effectively limited to mangroves.<\/p>

Disjunct distribution combines populations that were formerly classified under three species\u2014Japanese, Oriental, and Enggano White-eyes\u2014which have been reclassified based on studies of genetics, vocalizations, and other factors.\u00a0 The distinction is perhaps best preserved in part by regarding them as potentially distinct forms:<\/p>

\u201cChinese White-eye\u201d<\/strong> (simplex<\/em> and hainanus<\/em>): two subspecies that breed throughout much of central and eastern China, north to Hebei, Shanxi, and southern Gansu, west to eastern Myanmar, and south to northern Laos, Vietnam.\u00a0 Also on Taiwan and Hainan.<\/p>

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