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Genus Zosterops
White-breasted White-eye - It is 10-12 cm long. The upperparts are green; darker and greyer in northern races. There is a narrow white ring around the eye and a thin black line between the bill and eye. The underparts vary from pale yellow to greyish-white depending on the race. The bird has various twittering and buzzing calls.
White-breasted Silver Eye - It reaches a length up to fourteen centimetres and therefore it is one of the largest white-eyes. The wingspan is 7.5 cm and the weight is about 30 grams. Its appearance is characterized by a pale green head, an olive green coloured neck and white throat and belly parts. A further feature is a conspicuous eye ring of white feathers. Males and females are coloured similarly. Its diet consists of fruits, berries, nectar, and insects. Its only habitat is a 5 km² large forested area around Mount Pitt on Norfolk Island where it lives solitary. In the breeding season from October to December the couple build a cup-shaped nest in which two white eggs are laid. The incubation time lasts eleven days and another eleven days later the juveniles became fully fledged.
Black-ringed White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Zosterops atricapilla - It can reach a length between nine and eleven centimetres and looks slightly similar to the Oriental White-eye. The forehead and the crown are blackish and its upperparts and underparts are darker than at the Oriental White-eye. The back is olive green and the iris is brown. The bill and the feet are coloured black. The voice is characterized by soft twitters.
Cream-throated White-eye - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Moluccan Black-fronted White-eye - It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Quite common, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
Mascarene Grey White-eye - The taxon mauritianus, by most authorities considered a subspecies of the Mascarene White-eye, has occasionally been considered a separate monotypic species, the Mauritius Grey White-eye , in which case the common name of the remaining species often is modified to Réunion Grey White-eye. There is some uncertainty about the number of subspecies on Réunion, with most authorities only accepting a single, the nominate , while some also accept Z. b. alopekion, and Z. b. xerophilus. When only a single Réunion subspecies is accepted, alopekion and xerophilus are considered to represent morphs of the nominate.
Buru White-eye - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Large Sri Lanka White-eye - This bird is slightly larger than the Oriental White-eye which it replaces above 4000 ft. The upper parts of the body and sides of neck are dark olive green. The rump appears paler green while the crown while the crown and forehead appear darker. The wings and tail are brown edged with green on the back. The typical ring of tiny white feathers around the eye is present. The lores are dark and there is a dark streak below the eye. The chin, throat and upper breast are greenish-yellow as are the thighs and vent. The belly region is grayish white. The dark bill has a slaty base to the lower mandible. The legs are dark. The iris is yellow to reddish-brown.
Yellow-bellied White-eye - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Zosterops chloronothus - The Mauritius Olive White-eye is a very rare passerine from the family of white-eyes . It is endemic to the island of Mauritius.
Grey-brown White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Zosterops citrinella - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Pale-bellied White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Everett's White-eye - It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Layard's White-eye - It is a typical small white-eye of the genus Zosterops, similar in appearance to the Silvereye, although the plumage is much yellower, it is chunkier and has a complete eye-ring. The back is olive green and the throat and belly yellow. The call is described as "a high pitched seeu-seeu".
Dusky White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Yellow-fronted White-eye - It is 11–12 cm long. The adult male is yellow-green above while the underparts are bright yellow or yellow-green depending on the subspecies. The forehead is yellow and there is a white ring around the eye. The legs and feet are dark grey and the bill is brown above and pinkish below. Female and immature birds are similar to the male but paler. The immatures also have a narrower eye-ring.
Zosterops gibbsi - The Vanikoro White-eye differs from its geographically closest congener, the Santa Cruz White-eye , by several features including a much longer bill and different eye-ring and leg colouring.
Great Kai White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Louisiade White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Zosterops griseovirescens - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations.
Plain White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Black-headed White-eye - The species has a black face, dark olive neck, back and wings, and olive rump with a black tail , and bright yellow undersides. The white eye-ring is bright but incomplete, broken at the front. The plumage of the male and female are similar.
Large Lifu White-eye - The Large Lifu White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia.
Chinese white-eye - The Japanese White-eye is about 4 to 4.5 inches in size, with a green forehead and a yellow throat, a greenish back, and dark brown wings and tail outlined in green. Like other white-eyes, this species exhibits the distinctive white eyering that gives it its name . It is omnivorous, feeding primarily on insects and nectar. When building nests, they often steal material from the nests of other birds.
Ambon White-eye - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Solomon Islands White-eye - There are three distinct subspecies. Z. k. kulambangrae is widespread in the New Georgia Group, occurring on Kolombangara, Vonavona, Kohinggo, New Georgia, Vangunu and Nggatokae. Z. k. paradoxus is found only on Rendova and Z. k. tetiparius only on Tetepare.
Splendid White-eye - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.
Madagascar White-eye - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Mayotte White-eye - The subspecies semiflava formerly occurred on Marianne and perhaps other islands in the Seychelles but is now extinct. It may be better classified as a separate species.
Philippine White-eye - It is endemic to the Philippines.
Black-fronted White-eye - It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Quite common, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
Seychelles Grey White-eye - This ten to eleven centimetre long bird has a plumage with olive grey upperparts and dull coloured underparts. It is further characterized by a white narrow eye-ring, a rather long dark grey tail and a small sharp bill. Its diet consists of insect larvaes, locusts, and grasshoppers as well as berries and seeds. The breeding season is from September to April and a clutch of two to seven eggs is laid into a cup-shaped nest. The incubation time is thirteen to fifteen days and the young are fully fledged after eleven to sixteen days. After that the parents are looking after them another two months. Its melodious and complex song consists of nasal tones. Due to its ecology and foraging in the canopy of high trees it is difficult to observe.
Mountain White-eye - It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Kulambangra White-eye - The Hermit White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands.
Biak White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Zosterops nehrkorni - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Yellowish White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
New Guinea Mountain White-eye - The Papuan White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Yap White-eye - Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland and mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Cape White-eye - There are six subspecies. Traditionally, the western nominate group and the eastern capensis group have been treated as separate species; the Orange River White-eye and the Cape White-eye . The latter can be further divided into two subgroups, the south-western capensis subgroup and the eastern virens subgroup . All subspecies interbreed where they come into contact , but some authorities maintain the Cape and Orange River White-eyes as separate species.
Oriental White-eye - The Oriental White-eye, Zosterops palpebrosus, is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is a resident breeder in open woodland in tropical Asia east from India to China and Indonesia. They forage in small groups, feeding on nectar and small insects. They are easily identified by the distinctive white eye-ring and overall yellowish upperparts. Several populations of this widespread species are named subspecies and some have distinctive variations in the distribution and shades of yellows.
Zosterops poliogastrus - The Montane White-eye , also known as the Broad-ringed White-eye, is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It includes numerous subspecies, several of which are restricted to isolated mountains. Some of these are sometimes considered separate monotypic species, such as the Kulal White-eye , Taita White-eye , South Pare White-eye , Kikuyu White-eye , and Mbulu White-eye .
Grey-throated White-eye - The Grey-throated White-eye is a species of bird. Its family, the Zosteropidae, is probably not valid and belongs in the Timaliidae instead. It is also known as Zosterops ugiensis because Z. rendovae has often been used for the New Georgia White-eye .
Rennell Island White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Rota White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Enggano White-eye - The Enggano White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.
Savaii White-eye - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Caroline Islands White-eye - The Citrine White-eye or Caroline Islands White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is found in Micronesia and Palau.
African Yellow White-eye - It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Ganongga White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Zosterops stalkeri - It was formerly considered conspecific with Black-fronted White-eye, Zosterops minor, but work by Pamela C. Rasmussen and her colleagues showed that it is a separate species. The same research also confirmed the specific status of the Sangihe White-eye, Zosterops nehrkorni.
Robust White-eye - The Robust White-eye , also known as the Lord Howe White-eye or Robust Silvereye, and locally as the "Big Grinnell", was a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It was endemic to the lowland forests of Lord Howe Island, east of Australia.
Malaita White-eye - The Malaita White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands.
Slender-billed White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Little Kai White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Pemba White-eye - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and dry savanna.
Banded White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Yellow-spectacled White-eye - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
New Caledonia White-eye - The Green-backed White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia.