White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Zosteropidae
The white-eyes are small passerine birds native to tropical, subtropical and temperate Sub-Saharan Africa, southern and eastern Asia, and Australasia. White-eyes inhabit most tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Guinea. Discounting some widespread members of the genus Zosterops, most species are endemic to single islands or archipelagos. The silvereye, Zosterops lateralis, naturally colonised New Zealand, where it is known as the "wax-eye" or tauhou ("stranger"), from 1855. The...
13 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 146 known species
Typical White-eyes
genusZosterops
Typical Yuhinas
genusYuhina
Staphida
genusStaphida
Heleias
genusHeleia
Parayuhina
genusParayuhina
Striped-Babblers
genusZosterornis
Cleptornis
genusCleptornis
Apalopteron
genusApalopteron
Pygmy-Babblers
genusDasycrotapha
Crowned Babblers
genusSterrhoptilus
Megazosterops
genusMegazosterops
Rukias
genusRukia
Tephrozosterops
genusTephrozosterops
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 17438.