Zosteropidae - White-eyes |
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 There are around 100 species in this family of birds. The are found in Africa, Asia, and Australia in forests and brushlands. The birds in this family are 4-6 inches in length.
They are usually olive-green, yellow, or reddish-brown on their uppersides and a lighter color on their undersides. They have large white eye rings; short, pointed bills; short, rounded wings; and medium length, square tails.
They eat nectar, insects, and fruit and are usually found in flocks.
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African Yellow White-eye - Zosterops senegalensis
The African white-eye is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo,, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Ambon Yellow White-eye - Zosterops kuehni
The Ambon yellow white-eye is found on Ambon Island in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Annobon White-eye - Zosterops griseovirescens
The Annobon white-eye is found on Annobón Island, which is part of Equatorial Guinea.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Ashy-bellied White-eye - Zosterops citrinella
The ashy-bellied white-eye is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Timor-Leste.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Australian Yellow White-eye - Zosterops luteus
The Australian Yellow white-eye is found in northern coastal areas of Australia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Australian Yellow White-eye - Zosterops luteus
The Australian yellow white-eye eats insects, spiders, seeds, fruit, and nectar.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bare-eyed White-eye - Zosterops superciliosa
The bare-eyed white-eye is found on Rennell Island in the Soloman Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Biak White-eye - Zosterops mysorensis
The Biak white-eye is found in West Papua, Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bicolored White-eye - Tephrozosterops stalkeri
The bicolored white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-capped Speirops - Speirops lugubris
The black-capped Speirops is found in Sao Tomé and Principe.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-capped White-eye - Zosterops atricapilla
The black-capped white-eye is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-crowned White-eye - Zosterops atrifrons
The black-crowned white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-fronted White-eye - Zosterops minor
The black-fronted white-eye is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-headed White-eye - Zosterops hypoxanthus
The black-headed white-eye is found in Papua New Guinea.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-masked White-eye - Lophozosterops goodfellowi
The black-masked white-eye is found in the Philippines.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bonin White-eye - Apalopteron familiare
The Bonin white-eye is found in the Ogasawara Islands in Japan.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bonin White-eye - Apalopteron familiare
The Bonin white-eye is threatened by habitat loss, invasive species, and predation by domestic cats.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bridled White-eye - Zosterops conspicillatus
The bridled white-eye is found on the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Aguijan in the Mariana Islands.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bridled White-eye - Zosterops conspicillatus
The bridled white-eye is threatened by the introduction of the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) to the island of Saipan.
Source:BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bridled White-eye - Zosterops conspicillatus
The bridled white-eye forages in flocks for insects, seeds, fruits, caterpillars and berries in the forest canopy.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Buru Yellow White-eye - Zosterops buruensis
The Buru yellow white-eye is found on Buru Island in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Capped White-eye - Zosterops fuscicapilla
The capped white-eye is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Caroline Islands White-eye - Zosterops semperi
The Caroline Islands white-eye is found in Micronesia and Palau.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Chestnut-flanked White-eye - Zosterops erythropleurus
The chestnut-flanked white-eye is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Christmas White-eye - Zosterops natalis
The Christmas white-eye is found on Christmas Island.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Cinnamon Ibon - Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus
The cinnamon ibon is found in the Philippines.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Creamy-throated White-eye - Zosterops atriceps
The creamy-throated white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Crested White-eye - Lophozosterops dohertyi
The crested white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Dusky White-eye - Zosterops finschii
The dusky white-eye is found in Palau.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Enggano White-eye - Zosterops salvadorii
The Enggano white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Ethiopian White-eye - Zosterops poliogastrus
The Ethiopian white-eye is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Everett's White-eye - Zosterops everetti
The creamy-throated white-eye is found in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Faichuk White-eye - Rukia ruki
The Faichuk white-eye is only found on four tiny islands in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Faichuk White-eye - Rukia ruki
The Faichuk white-eye is brown with orange legs and a white "teardrop" below its eyes.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Fernando Po Speirops - Speirops brunneus
The Fernando Po Speirops is found in Equatorial Guinea.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Giant White-eye - Megazosterops palauensis
The giant white-eye is found in Palau.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden-bellied White-eye - Zosterops uropygialis
The golden-bellied white-eye is found only on the islands of Kai Cecil and Tual in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden-yellow White-eye - Zosterops nigrorum
The golden-yellow white-eye is found in the Philippines.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden White-eye - Cleptornis marchei
The golden white-eye is only found on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden White-eye - Cleptornis marchei
The golden white-eye is threatened by the establishment of the brown tree snake Boiga irregularis on Saipan.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Gray-brown White-eye - Zosterops cinereus
The gray-brown white-eye is found in Micronesia.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Gray-throated White-eye - Zosterops rendovae
The gray-throated white-eye is found in the Solomon Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Green-backed White-eye - Zosterops xanthochroa
The green-backed white-eye is found in New Caledonia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Hermit White-eye - Zosterops murphyi
The hermit white-eye is also known as the Kolombangara White-eye. It is found in the Solomon Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Japanese White-eye - Zosterops japonicus
The Japanese white-eye is found in China, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is also found in Hawaii. It was introduced there in 1929 for insect control.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Javan White-eye - Zosterops flavus
he Javan white-eye is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Javan White-eye - Zosterops flavus
he Javan white-eye is threatened by habitat loss.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Javan White-eye - Zosterops flavus
he Javan white-eye is found in mangrove forests and coastal scrub.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Javan Gray-throated White-eye -Lophozosterops javanicus
The Javan gray-throated white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Kikuyu White-eye - Zosterops kikuyuensis
The Kikuyu white-eye is found in Kenya.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Large Lifu White-eye - Zosterops inornatus
The large Lifu white-eye is found in New Caledonia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Layard's White-eye - Zosterops explorator
Layard's white-eye is found in Fiji.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Lemon-bellied White-eye - Zosterops chloris
The lemon-bellied white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Lemon-throated White-eye - Zosterops anomalus
The lemon-throated white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Long-billed White-eye - Rukia longirostra
The long-billed white-eye is only found on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Louisiade White-eye - Zosterops griseotinctus
The Louisiade white-eye is only found in Papua New Guinea.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Lowland White-eye - Zosterops meyeni
The lowland white-eye is found in the Philippines.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Madagascar White-eye - Zosterops maderaspatanus
The Madagascar white-eye is found in Madagascar.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Malaita White-eye - Zosterops stresemanni
The Malaita white-eye is found in the Solomon Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mascarene Grey White-eye - Zosterops borbonicus
The Mascarene gray white-eye is found in Mauritius and Réunion.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mauritius Gray White-eye - Zosterops mauritianus
The Mauritius gray white-eye is found in Mauritius.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mauritius Olive White-eye - Zosterops chloronothus
The Mauritius olive white-eye is only found in Mauritius.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mauritius Olive White-eye - Zosterops chloronothus
The Mauritius olive white-eye is only found in wet upland forests.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mayotte White-eye - Zosterops mayottensis
The Mayotte white-eye is found only on Mayotte Island in Comoros. It is also known as the chesnut-sided white-eye.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mount Cameroon Speirops - Speirops melanocephalus
The Mount Cameroon Speirops is only found on Mt Cameroon in Cameroon.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mount Karthala White-eye - Zosterops mouroniensis
The Mount Karthala white-eye is found in on Mt Karthala, an active volcano in Comoros.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mountain Blackeye - Chlorocharis emiliae
The mountain blackeye is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mountain White-eye - Zosterops montanus
The mountain white-eye is found in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
New Guinea White-eye - Zosterops novaeguineae
The New Guinea white-eye is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Orange River White-eye - Zosterops pallidus
The Orange River white-eye is found in Namibia and South Africa.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Oriental White-eye - Zosterops palpebrosus
The oriental white-eye is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pale-bellied White-eye - Zosterops consobrinorum
The pale-bellied white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Oriental Bird Images Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pearl-bellied White-eye - Zosterops grayi
The pearl-bellied white-eye is only found on the tiny island of Kai Besar in Indonesia.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pemba White-eye - Zosterops vaughani
The Pemba white-eye is found in Tanzania.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Plain White-eye - Zosterops hypolais
The plain white-eye is only found on the four islands of Yap in Micronesia.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Principe Speirops - Speirops leucophoeus
The principe Speirops is found in Sao Tomé and Principe.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pygmy White-eye - Oculocincta squamifrons
The pygmy white-eye is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Ranongga White-eye - Zosterops splendidus
The Ranongga white-eye is found in the Solomon Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Rennell White-eye - Zosterops rennellianus
The Rennell white-eye is found in the Solomon Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Reunion Olive White-eye - Zosterops olivaceus
The Reunion olive white-eye is found on Reunion Island.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Robust White-eye - Zosterops strenuus
The robust white-eye was found in Australia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Rota Bridled White-eye - Zosterops rotensis
The Rota Bridled white-eye is found in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Rufous-throated White-eye - Madanga ruficollis
The rufous-throated white-eye is only found on the island of Buru in South Maluku, Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Rufous-throated White-eye - Madanga ruficollis
Its small range makes the rufous-throated white-eye populations vunerable to changes in habitat.
Source:BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Samoan White-eye - Zosterops samoensis
The Samoan white-eye is found in Samoa.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sanford's White-eye - Woodfordia lacertosa
Sanford's white-eye is found on the small island of Nendo the Solomon Islands.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sangihe White-eye - Zosterops nehrkorni
The Sangihe white-eye is only found in Sangihe, Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Santa Cruz White-eye - Zosterops sanctaecrucis
The Santa Cruz white-eye is found in the Soloman Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sao Tome White-eye - Zosterops ficedulinus
The sao Tome white-eye is found in Sao Tomé and Principe.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Seram White-eye - Zosterops stalkeri
The Seram white-eye is found on Seram Island in Indonesia
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Seychelles White-eye - Zosterops modestus
The Seychelles white-eye is only found in three locations on the island of Mahé in Seychelles.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Seychelles White-eye - Zosterops modestus
There are only around 350-450 Seychelles white-eyes in the wild
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Silvereye - Zosterops lateralis
The silvereye is found in Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Vanuatu.
Source: Deprtment of Conservation Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Silvereye - Zosterops lateralis
The silvereye is found in wooded habitats including orchards, parks, and gardens.
Source: Birds in Backyards Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Silvereye - Zosterops lateralis
Silvereyes are omnivorous.
Source: New Zealand Birds Online Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Slender-billed White-eye - Zosterops tenuirostris
The slender-billed white-eye is found on Norfolk Island.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Small Lifu White-eye - Zosterops minutus
The small Lifu white-eye is found in the New Caledonia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Solomons White-eye - Zosterops kulambangrae
The Solomon white-eye is found in the Solomon Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Splendid White-eye - Zosterops luteirostris
The splendid white-eye is only found on Ghizo in the Solomon Islands.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Splendid White-eye - Zosterops luteirostris
The splendid white-eye is threatened by habitat loss, especially of old growth forests.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Spot-breasted White-eye - Heleia muelleri
The spot-breasted white-eye is found in Indonesia andTimor-Leste.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sri Lanka White-eye - Zosterops ceylonensis
The Sri Lanka white-eye is found in Sri Lanka.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sri Lanka White-eye - Zosterops ceylonensis
The Sri Lanka white-eye is found in large flocks.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Streaky-headed White-eye - Lophozosterops squamiceps
The streaky-headed white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Thick-billed White-eye - Heleia crassirostris
The Thick-billed white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Togian White-eye - Zosterops somadikartai
TheTogian white-eye is found in the Togian Islands in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Vanikoro White-eye - Zosterops gibbsi
The Vanikoro white-eye is only found on the island of Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
White-breasted White-eye - Zosterops abyssinicus
The white-breasted white-eye is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Yemen.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
White-chested White-eye - Zosterops albogularis
The white-chested white-eye is found on Norfolk Island between New Caledonia and New Zealand.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
White-throated White-eye - Zosterops meeki
The white-throated white-eye is found only on Tagula Island in Papua New Guinea.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Yap Olive White-eye - Zosterops oleagineus
The Yap olive white-eye is found in Micronesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Yellow-browed White-eye - Lophozosterops superciliaris
The yellow-browed white-eye is found in Indonesia.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Yellow-fronted White-eye - Zosterops flavifrons
The yellow-fronted white-eye is found in Vanuatu.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Yellow-spectacled White-eye - Zosterops wallacei
The yellow-spectacled white-eye is found in Indonesia..
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Yellow-throated White-eye - Zosterops metcalfii
The yellow-throated white-eye is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Vella Lavella White-eye - Zosterops vellalavella
The Vella Lavella white-eye is found on Vella Lavella Island in the Solomon Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
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