Green-backed White-eye

Zosterops xanthochroa Gray, GR, 1859

Zosteropidae — White-eyes

Green-backed White-eye, Zosterops xanthochroa, is a passerine of the white-eye family that breeds in New Caledonia, including Grande Terre, Ile des Pins and Mare in the Loyalty Islands. It is a bird of primary rainforest from sea level upwards, and it also uses native gardens, open glades and other more open places when fruit is available. The species is recognised by its dark olive-green head and back, with a broad white eye-ring and black lores, and by its yellow throat and breast.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae — White-eyes
Breeding range: Australasia: New Caledonia, including Grande Terre and Ile des Pins, and Mare (e Loyalty Is., New Caledonia)

Tours where you can spot this bird

2 tours in New Caledonia

Giant Tree Ferns Provincial Park Private Birding Tour

New Caledonia / Giant Tree Ferns Provincial Park Private tour

A private guided birding visit to the humid forest and exceptional endemic biodiversity of Giant Tree Ferns Provincial Park in the Farino mo...

Blue River Provincial Park Private Kagu Birding Tour

New Caledonia / Blue River Provincial Park Private tour

Private birdwatching in Blue River Provincial Park, about an hour south of Nouméa, with a special focus on the endemic Kagu and New Caledon...