Typical White-eyes
Zosterops
Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the Afrotropical, Indomalayan, and Australasian realms. Typical white-eyes have a length of between 8 and 15 cm (3 and 6 in). Their most characteristic feature is a conspicuous white feather ring around the eye, though some species lack it. The species in this group vary in the structural adaptations of the tongue. The Zosterops [griseotinctus] group is an example of a "great speciator" inhabiting a vast area and showing a remarkable morphological differentiation on islands, some of which may be as close as 2 km (1.2 mi) apart.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 107 known species
Silvereye
speciesZosterops lateralis
Swinhoe's White-eye
speciesZosterops simplex
Warbling White-eye
speciesZosterops japonicus
Cape White-eye
speciesZosterops virens
Indian White-eye
speciesZosterops palpebrosus
Chestnut-flanked White-eye
speciesZosterops erythropleurus
Réunion Grey White-eye
speciesZosterops borbonicus
Orange River White-eye
speciesZosterops pallidus
Southern Yellow White-eye
speciesZosterops anderssoni
Sri Lanka White-eye
speciesZosterops ceylonensis
Lemon-bellied White-eye
speciesZosterops chloris
Malagasy White-eye
speciesZosterops maderaspatanus
Northern Yellow White-eye
speciesZosterops senegalensis
Lowland White-eye
speciesZosterops meyeni
Black-capped White-eye
speciesZosterops atricapilla
Canary White-eye
speciesZosterops luteus
Hume's White-eye
speciesZosterops auriventer
Green White-eye
speciesZosterops stuhlmanni
Mauritius Grey White-eye
speciesZosterops mauritianus
Pale White-eye
speciesZosterops flavilateralis
Réunion Olive White-eye
speciesZosterops olivaceus
Green-backed White-eye
speciesZosterops xanthochroa
Abyssinian White-eye
speciesZosterops abyssinicus
Ashy-bellied White-eye
speciesZosterops citrinella
Black-crowned White-eye
speciesZosterops atrifrons
Kilimanjaro White-eye
speciesZosterops eurycricotus
Kikuyu White-eye
speciesZosterops kikuyuensis
Mountain Blackeye
speciesZosterops emiliae
Sangkar White-eye
speciesZosterops melanurus
Yellowish White-eye
speciesZosterops nigrorum
Ethiopian white-eye
speciesZosterops poliogastrus
Christmas White-eye
speciesZosterops natalis
Black-capped Speirops
speciesZosterops lugubris
Bridled White-eye
speciesZosterops conspicillatus
Black-ringed White-eye
speciesZosterops anomalus
Slender-billed White-eye
speciesZosterops tenuirostris
Everett's White-eye
speciesZosterops everetti
Yellow-fronted White-eye
speciesZosterops flavifrons
Cream-throated White-eye
speciesZosterops atriceps
Mbulu White-eye
speciesZosterops mbuluensis
Capped White-eye
speciesZosterops fuscicapilla
Pemba White-eye
speciesZosterops vaughani
Mauritius Olive White-eye
speciesZosterops chloronothos
Small Lifou White-eye
speciesZosterops minutus
Mayotte White-eye
speciesZosterops mayottensis
Javan White-eye
speciesZosterops flavus
Fiji White-eye
speciesZosterops explorator
Caroline Islands White-eye
speciesZosterops semperi
Forest White-eye
speciesZosterops stenocricotus
Taita White-eye
speciesZosterops silvanus
Dusky White-eye
speciesZosterops finschii
New Guinea White-eye
speciesZosterops novaeguineae
Black-fronted White-eye
speciesZosterops minor
Socotra White-eye
speciesZosterops socotranus
Seychelles White-eye
speciesZosterops modestus
Angola White-eye
speciesZosterops kasaicus
Kafa white-eye
speciesZosterops kaffensis
Wakatobi White-eye
speciesZosterops flavissimus
Príncipe Speirops
speciesZosterops leucophaeus
Dark-eyed White-eye
speciesZosterops tetiparius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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