Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis (Latham, 1801)

Silvereye, Zosterops lateralis, is a passerine of Australasia and the Pacific, breeding in Australia, New Zealand and outlying islands, New Caledonia, and western Pacific islands as far as Fiji and south-west Polynesia. It is also called wax-eye, and in New Zealand it is known as tauhou, a Māori word meaning stranger or new arrival. In Australia and New Zealand, white-eye is sometimes used for this bird, though the name is shared more widely across the genus and family. It was first noted in New Zealand in 1832 and became more numerous there in 1856.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Zosteropidae — White-eyes

Breeding range

Australasia, Pacific Ocean: Australia, New Zealand and outlying is., New Caledonia and w Pacific is. to Fiji (sw Polynesia)