Zosterops lateralis

Also known as wax-eye, Silvereye

thumb|upright|Subspecies flaviceps from Fiji|right The silvereye or wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis), also known by its Māori name tauhou, is a very small omnivorous passerine bird of the south-west Pacific. In Australia and New Zealand its common name is sometimes white-eye, but this name is more commonly used to refer to all members of the genus Zosterops, or the entire family Zosteropidae.

Species

Least Concern

Silvereye

SPECIES

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyZosteropidae

Observations23,379

Observations recorded1,347,161

via GBIF · IUCN

Bird sounds

song· Australia· quality A
call· Australia· quality A
call· Australia· quality A
call· Australia· quality A

via Xeno-canto

Wikidata facts

Mass: 1.3
Image: Silvereye Jan 2010.jpg

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egg incubation period: 10
Commons category: Zosterops lateralis
taxon name: Zosterops lateralis
taxon author citation: (Latham, 1802)
Commons gallery: Zosterops lateralis
taxon common name: australska bjelooka

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Taxonomy
Description
Distribution and habitat
Feeding
Behaviour
Relationship with humans
Horticulture
In literature
Notes
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In New Zealand, the silvereye was first recorded in 1832. It arrived in greater numbers in 1856, and it is assumed that a migrating flock was swept eastwards by a storm. As an apparently self-introduced bird it is protected as a native New Zealand species. Its Māori name, , means "stranger" or more literally, "new arrival".