You are probably thinking of an owl.
The average distance between eyes on a human face is about 2.5 inches.
Owls are birds with eyes on the front of their heads.
In the upper half of the face, at the front of the head.
the owl
Your eyes are on your face. They are above the nose and right underneath the forehead.
A coconut with a face would likely have two eyes, a nose, and a mouth on its surface, resembling a human face.
This riddle describes a "clock." A clock has a face that displays the time but lacks eyes and a mouth. Its "face" serves as the surface where the numbers and hands are shown, but it doesn't have any facial features like a human or animal.
The bridge of the nose is located in the middle of the face, between the eyes, connecting the forehead to the tip of the nose.
In general, the eyes of a predator face forward and the eyes of prey face more to the sides.
Raptors in all, the group which Owls are a part of.
Briefly, birds with eyes on the side are prey animals, and birds with eyes on the front are predators. Predatory activity in birds like owls and eagles requires stereoscopic vision (like humans have) for accurate distance judgement. Prey birds like pigeons need to be able to see 360 degrees around them in order to detect predators more effectively. They don't need to be able to calculate distance as accurately. Eagles and other raptors seems like they have eyes on the side, but if you look at them front-on, or look at their skulls, you can see that the eye orbits are oriented more to face front. Owls are a particularly obvious example of this kind of eyesight, and it gives them a characteristic flat face.
Briefly, birds with eyes on the side are prey animals, and birds with eyes on the front are predators. Predatory activity in birds like owls and eagles requires stereoscopic vision (like humans have) for accurate distance judgement. Prey birds like pigeons need to be able to see 360 degrees around them in order to detect predators more effectively. They don't need to be able to calculate distance as accurately. Eagles and other raptors seems like they have eyes on the side, but if you look at them front-on, or look at their skulls, you can see that the eye orbits are oriented more to face front. Owls are a particularly obvious example of this kind of eyesight, and it gives them a characteristic flat face.