Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae (White-eyes)  
Genus: Zosterops (108 species)


Abyssinian White-eye
Abyssinian White-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus abyssinicus)
Range: AF: ne, also s Arabian Pen.
Melka Ghebdu, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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White-chested White-eye (Zosterops albogularis) Critically Endangered
Range: AU: Norfolk I. (e of Australia)
 



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Aldabra White-eye (Zosterops aldabrensis)
Range: IO: Aldabra (w Aldabra group, sw Seychelles)
 



Southern Yellow White-eye
Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni stierlingi) Male
Range: AF: s
Garneton, Zambia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Anjouan White-eye (Zosterops anjuanensis)
Range: AF: Anjouan (=Nzwani; ec Comoros)
 



Black-ringed White-eye
Black-ringed White-eye (Zosterops anomalus)
Range: AU: sw Sulawesi
Sulawesi, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Black-capped White-eye
Black-capped White-eye (Zosterops atricapilla)
Range: OR: montane Sumatra and Borneo
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


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Cream-throated White-eye (Zosterops atriceps)
Range: AU: n Moluccas
 



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Black-crowned White-eye (Zosterops atrifrons)
Range: AU: Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi)
 



Hume's White-eye
Hume's White-eye (Zosterops auriventer)
Range: OR: inland se Burma, s Thailand, Malay Pen. and Borneo
Thailand  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


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Reunion Grey White-eye (Zosterops borbonicus)
Range: IO: Réunion (w Mascarenes)
 



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Fernando Po Speirops (Zosterops brunneus) Vulnerable
Range: AF: montane Bioko (n Gulf of Guinea Is.)
 



Buru White-eye
Buru White-eye (Zosterops buruensis)
Range: AU: Buru (wc Moluccas)
Buru Island, Central Moluccas, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by David Cook     Copyright and usage info


Sri Lanka White-eye
Sri Lanka White-eye (Zosterops ceylonensis)
Range: OR: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


Lemon-bellied White-eye
Lemon-bellied White-eye (Zosterops chloris)
Range: AU: islets n of Java and w of Borneo, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, c and s Moluccas and islands off w New Guinea
Sulawesi, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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Mauritius Olive White-eye (Zosterops chloronothos) Critically Endangered
Range: IO: Mauritius (c Mascarenes; rare); introduced Ile aux Aigrettes (just e of Mauritius)
 



Black-fronted White-eye
Black-fronted White-eye (Zosterops chrysolaemus)
Range: AU: New Guinea:
Tangkoko, Manado, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


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Kosrae White-eye (Zosterops cinereus)
Range: PO: Kosrae (e Caroline Is., c Micronesia)
 



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Ashy-bellied White-eye (Zosterops citrinella)
Range: AU: c Lesser Sundas, s Moluccas and far ne Australia is.
 



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Moheli White-eye (Zosterops comorensis)
Range: AF: Mohéli (=Mwali; wc Comoros)
 



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Pale-bellied White-eye (Zosterops consobrinorum)
Range: AU: se Sulawesi, Kabaena and Butung (s of se Sulawesi)
 



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Oya Tabu White-eye (Zosterops crookshanki)
Range: AU: Goodenough and Fergusson (D'Entrecasteaux Arch., e of se New Guinea)
 



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Morotai White-eye (Zosterops dehaani)
Range: OR: Morotai (n Moluccas)
 



Mountain Blackeye
Mountain Blackeye (Zosterops emiliae)
Range: OR: montane n Borneo
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut-flanked White-eye
Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)
Range: PAL: e, also Southeast Asia
Thailand  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


Broad-ringed White-eye
Broad-ringed White-eye (Zosterops eurycricotus)
Range: AF: ne Tanzania
Arusha NP, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Also known as Kilimanjaro White-eye.

Everett's White-eye
Everett's White-eye (Zosterops everetti)
Range: OR: Talaud Is. (ne of ne Sulawesi), Visayas (except westernmost), Mindanao group and Sulu Arch. (ec, s Philippines)
Camiguin, Philippines  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Fiji White-eye (Zosterops explorator)
Range: PO: Viti Levu, Ovalau, Vanua Levu, Taveuni and Kadavu (w, c Fiji, sw Polynesia)
 



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Sao Tome White-eye (Zosterops feae) Near Threatened
Range: AF: São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)
 



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Principe White-eye (Zosterops ficedulinus) Endangered
Range: AF: Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.)
 



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Dusky White-eye (Zosterops finschii)
Range: PO: Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia)
 



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Vanuatu White-eye (Zosterops flavifrons)
Range: AU: Vanuatu
 



Pale White-eye
Pale White-eye (Zosterops flavilateralis flavilateralis)
Range: AF: s Somalia, n, c, e Kenya to e Tanzania
Oldupai, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Wakatobi White-eye (Zosterops flavissimus)
Range: AU: Tukangbesi (se of se Sulawesi)
 



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Javan White-eye (Zosterops flavus) Endangered
Range: OR: Java and s Borneo
 



Capped White-eye
Capped White-eye (Zosterops fuscicapilla)
Range: AU: montane nw to c New Guinea
Mokwam, West Papua, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Vanikoro White-eye (Zosterops gibbsi)
Range: AU: Vanikoro (Santa Cruz Is. =Temotu, se Solomon Is.)
 



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Pearl-bellied White-eye (Zosterops grayi) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Kai Besar (Kai Is., se Moluccas)
 



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Louisiade White-eye (Zosterops griseotinctus)
Range: AU: widely disjunct islets in Bismarck and Louisiade archs.
 



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Annobon White-eye (Zosterops griseovirescens)
Range: AF: Annobón (s Gulf of Guinea Is.)
 



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Bougainville White-eye (Zosterops hamlini)
Range: AU: montane Bougainville (n Solomon Is.)
 



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Plain White-eye (Zosterops hypolais) Near Threatened
Range: PO: Yap (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia)
 



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Bismarck White-eye (Zosterops hypoxanthus)
Range: AU: Bismarck Arch., including Admiralty Is.
 



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Large Lifou White-eye (Zosterops inornatus)
Range: AU: Lifou (c Loyalty Is.)
 



Warbling White-eye
Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
Range: PAL, OR, AU: widespread e Asia, Japan to Greater Sundas (except Borneo), Sulawesi region, Moluccas, Lesser Sundas and Philippines (except Sulu Arch.)
Hawaii, United States  
 
Photograph by Nigel from Vancouver     Copyright and usage info


Kikuyu White-eye
Kikuyu White-eye (Zosterops kikuyuensis)
Range: AF: Kenya
Butterfly World, Florida,  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Kirk's White-eye
Kirk's White-eye (Zosterops kirki)
Range: AF: Grande Comore (=Njazidja; nw Comoros)
Grand Comores, Comoroes  
 
Photograph by Mikael Bauer   © All Rights Reserved.


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Ambon White-eye (Zosterops kuehni) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Ambon (sw of Seram, c Moluccas)
 



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Solomons White-eye (Zosterops kulambangrae)
Range: AU: New Georgia group, including Kolombangara to Vangunu and satellite islets (wc Solomon Is.)
 



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Sanford's White-eye (Zosterops lacertosus) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Nendo (Santa Cruz Is. =Temotu, se Solomon Is.)
 



Silvereye
Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
Range: AU, PO: Australia, New Zealand and outlying is., New Caledonia and w Pacific is. to Fiji (sw Polynesia)
Strangways, Victoria, Australia  
 
Photograph by Patrick Kavanagh     Copyright and usage info


Principe Speirops
Principe Speirops (Zosterops leucophaeus)
Range: AF: Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.)
Príncipe  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Principe Speirops
Principe Speirops (Zosterops leucophaeus)
Range: AF: Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.)
Príncipe  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Black-capped Speirops
Black-capped Speirops (Zosterops lugubris)
Range: AF: São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.)
São Tomé  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Gizo White-eye (Zosterops luteirostris) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Gizo (=Ghizo, se of Vella Lavella, nw New Georgia group, wc Solomon Is.)
 



Canary White-eye
Canary White-eye (Zosterops luteus)
Range: AU: coastal n Australia
Australia  
 
Photograph by Brian McCauley     Copyright and usage info


Malagasy White-eye
Malagasy White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus maderaspatanus)
Range: AF: Europa (Mozambique Channel), sw Seychelles, Madagascar and satellites
Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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Mauritius Grey White-eye (Zosterops mauritianus)
Range: IO: Mauritius (c Mascarenes)
 



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Mayotte White-eye (Zosterops mayottensis)
Range: AF: Mayotte and satellites (se Comoros)
 



Mbulu White-eye
Mbulu White-eye (Zosterops mbuluensis)
Range: AF: s Kenya and n Tanzania
Ngorongoro, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Tagula White-eye (Zosterops meeki) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Tagula (c Louisiade Arch., se of New Guinea)
 



Mount Cameroon Speirops
Mount Cameroon Speirops (Zosterops melanocephalus) Vulnerable
Range: AF: Cameroon
Mount Cameroon, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Sangkar White-eye (Zosterops melanurus) Vulnerable
Range: OR: Java and Bali
 



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Meratus White-eye (Zosterops meratusensis)
Range: OR: Meratus Mts., se Kalimantan (se Borneo)
 



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Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii)
Range: AU: n, c Solomon Is. from Buka to Florida
 



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Lowland White-eye (Zosterops meyeni)
Range: OR: Taiwan and n, c Philippines
 



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Green-fronted White-eye (Zosterops minor)
Range: AU: Yapen (Geelvink Bay is.) and n, wc New Guinea
 



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Small Lifou White-eye (Zosterops minutus)
Range: AU: Lifou (c Loyalty Is.)
 



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Seychelles White-eye (Zosterops modestus) Vulnerable
Range: IO: Mahé and Conception (just w of nw Mahé; s Inner Is., ne Seychelles); translocated to other islands in group
 



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Karthala White-eye (Zosterops mouroniensis) Vulnerable
Range: AF: montane Grande Comore (=Njazidja; nw Comoros)
 



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Kolombangara White-eye (Zosterops murphyi)
Range: AU: montane Kolombangara (wc Solomon Is.)
 



Biak White-eye
Biak White-eye (Zosterops mysorensis) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)
Biak, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Christmas White-eye (Zosterops natalis)
Range: IO: Christmas I. (s of w Java)
 



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Sangihe White-eye (Zosterops nehrkorni) Critically Endangered
Range: AU: montane Sangihe (n of Sulawesi; no recent records)
 



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Yellowish White-eye (Zosterops nigrorum)
Range: OR: Philippines (except Palawan group, East Visayas, Mindanao and Sulu Arch.)
 



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Papuan White-eye (Zosterops novaeguineae)
Range: AU: nw, e New Guinea and Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea)
 



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Guadalcanal White-eye (Zosterops oblitus)
Range: AU: montane Guadalcanal (sc Solomon Is.)
 



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Olive-colored White-eye (Zosterops oleagineus) Near Threatened
Range: PO: Yap (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia)
 



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Reunion Olive White-eye (Zosterops olivaceus)
Range: IO: montane Réunion (w Mascarenes)
 



Orange River White-eye
Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus)
Range: AF: Namibia to w, c South Africa; local along Orange River
Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Montgomery   © All Rights Reserved.


Indian White-eye
Indian White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus occidentis)
Range: OR: widespread
Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info

Indian White-eye
Indian White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
Range: OR: widespread
Nilgiris, India  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Wangi-wangi White-eye (Zosterops paruhbesar)
Range: AU: Wangi-wangi I. (Wakatobi Arch. se of se Sulawesi)
 



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Heuglin's White-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus)
Range: AF: ne, e
 



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Grey-brown White-eye (Zosterops ponapensis)
Range: PO: Pohnpei (=Ponape, e Caroline Is., c Micronesia)
 



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Grey-throated White-eye (Zosterops rendovae)
Range: AU: Makira (=San Cristóbal, Solomon Is.)
 



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Rennell White-eye (Zosterops rennellianus)
Range: AU: Rennell (sw Solomon Is.)
 



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Rota White-eye (Zosterops rotensis) Critically Endangered
Range: PO: Rota (s Northern Mariana Is., w Micronesia)
 



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Samoan White-eye (Zosterops samoensis) Vulnerable
Range: PO: Savaii (w Samoa, c Polynesia)
 



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Santa Cruz White-eye (Zosterops sanctaecrucis)
Range: AU: Nendo (Santa Cruz Is. =Temotu, se Solomon Is.)
 



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Citrine White-eye (Zosterops semperi)
Range: PO: Palau, Truk and Pohnpei (Caroline Is., w, c Micronesia)
 



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Northern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis)
Range: AF: widespread
 



Taita White-eye
Taita White-eye (Zosterops silvanus) Vulnerable
Range: AF: Kenya
Ngangao Forest, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Swinhoe's White-eye
Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex)
Range: OR: e China, Taiwan and n Vietnam to Thai-Malay Pen. to Sumatra and Borneo
China  
 
Photograph by Robert Lockett   © All Rights Reserved.


Socotra White-eye
Socotra White-eye (Zosterops socotranus)
Range: AF: Socotra and n Somalia
Socotra, Yemen  
 
Photograph by cesare dolzani     Copyright and usage info


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Togian White-eye (Zosterops somadikartai) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Togian Is. (between ne and ec Sulawesi)
 



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Ranongga White-eye (Zosterops splendidus)
Range: AU: Ranongga (s of Vella Lavella, nw New Georgia group, wc Solomon Is.)
 



Seram White-eye
Seram White-eye (Zosterops stalkeri)
Range: AU: Seram (ec Moluccas)
Seram, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Charles Davies     Copyright and usage info


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Forest White-eye (Zosterops stenocricotus)
Range: AF: se Nigeria to sw Central African Republic and n Gabon, Bioko I.
 



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Malaita White-eye (Zosterops stresemanni)
Range: AU: montane Malaita (se Solomon Is.)
 



Green White-eye
Green White-eye (Zosterops stuhlmanni stuhlmanni)
Range: AF: central highlands
Entebbe, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Bare-eyed White-eye (Zosterops superciliosus)
Range: AU: Rennell (se Solomon Is.)
 



Slender-billed White-eye
Slender-billed White-eye (Zosterops tenuirostris) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Norfolk I. (e of Australia)
Norfolk Island,  
 
Photograph by Graham Ekins   © All Rights Reserved.


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Dark-eyed White-eye (Zosterops tetiparius)
Range: AU: New Georgia group (wc Solomon Is.)
 



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Golden-bellied White-eye (Zosterops uropygialis) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Kai Kecil and Kai Dulah (to n of Kai Kecil; Kai Is., se Moluccas)
 



Pemba White-eye
Pemba White-eye (Zosterops vaughani)
Range: IO: Pemba I.
Manta Resort, Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Vella Lavella White-eye (Zosterops vellalavella) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Vella Lavella and Bagga (wc Solomon Is.)
 




Cape White-eye
Cape White-eye (Zosterops virens)
Range: AF: s
Johannesburg, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

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South Pare White-eye
South Pare White-eye (Zosterops winifredae) Near Threatened
Range: AF: s Pare Mts. (ne Tanzania)
South Pare Mountains, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Found in the South Pare mountains of Tanzania.

Green-backed White-eye
Green-backed White-eye (Zosterops xanthochroa)
Range: AU: New Caledonia, including Grande Terre and Ile des Pins, and Mare (e Loyalty Is., New Caledonia)
New Caledonia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info



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