Silvereye
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.
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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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| Zosterops lateralis (Latham, 1801)
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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 (Zosterops lateralis) perched on a blooming Cestrum species branch in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Zosterops lateralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Silvereye". An Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.