Silvereye
| Silvereye | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. lateralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops lateralis (Latham, 1801)
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The silvereye or wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis) 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 talk about all members of the genus Zosterops, or the entire family Zosteropidae.
In New Zealand, the silvereye was first recorded in 1832. It many more were seen in 1856, and it is assumed that a migrating flock was thrown eastwards by a storm.[2] As a self-introduced bird it is protected as a native New Zealand species. Its Māori name, tauhou, means "stranger" or more literally, "new arrival".
Silvereye Media
Beitrag zur fauna Centralpolynesiens. Ornithologie der Viti-, Samoa- und Tonga-inselnPl6
Juvenile silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) waiting to be fed, taken in southeastern Australia.
Map of Oceania, showing natural range of the Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) based on the information given in w:Silvereye#Distribution_and_habitat as of 2012-11-22.
Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) feeding chicks
Silvereye feeding on aphids on a heavily infested red russian kale pot plant (Brassica napus subsp. napus var. pabularia). Wellington, New Zealand. Trimmed and scaled version to optimise for wikipage.
Silvereye perched on a Cestrum
References
- ↑ BirdLife International. 'Zosterops lateralis'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012 (2012)IUCN. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ SilvereyeTe Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2012-09-06.