White-eye

White-eyes

Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), adult (right) and juveniles
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Passeri
Family:	Zosteropidae (disputed) Bonaparte, 1853
Genera
Apalopteron Cleptornis Heleia Hypocryptadius Lophozosterops Megazosterops Oculocincta Rukia Speirops Tephrozosterops Woodfordia Yuhina Zosterops

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 silvereye has also been introduced to the Society Islands in French Polynesia, while the Japanese white-eye has been introduced to Hawaii.