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Genus: Zosterops (109 species)


Abyssinian White-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus abyssinicus) Range: AF: ne, also s Arabian Pen. Melka Ghebdu, Ethiopia
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Aldabra White-eye (Zosterops aldabrensis) Range: IO: Aldabra (w Aldabra group, sw Seychelles)


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 (Zosterops anomalus) Range: AU: sw Sulawesi Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Black-capped White-eye (Zosterops atricapilla) Range: OR: montane Sumatra and Borneo Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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Cream-throated White-eye (Zosterops atriceps fuscifrons) Range: AU: n Moluccas Roni Mountain, Halmahera, Indonesia
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Black-crowned White-eye (Zosterops atrifrons) Range: AU: Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi)


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 (Zosterops buruensis) Range: AU: Buru (wc Moluccas) Buru Island, Central Moluccas, Indonesia
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Sri Lanka White-eye (Zosterops ceylonensis) Range: OR: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
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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
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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 (Zosterops chrysolaemus) Range: AU: New Guinea Tangkoko, Manado, Indonesia
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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) Near Threatened Range: OR: Morotai (n Moluccas)


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 (Zosterops erythropleurus) Range: PAL: e, also Southeast Asia Thailand
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Broad-ringed White-eye (Zosterops eurycricotus) Range: AF: ne Tanzania Arusha NP, Tanzania
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Also known as Kilimanjaro 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
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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 (Zosterops flavilateralis flavilateralis) Range: AF: s Somalia, n, c, e Kenya to e Tanzania Oldupai, Tanzania
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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 (Zosterops fuscicapilla) Range: AU: montane nw to c New Guinea Mokwam, West Papua, Indonesia
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Vanikoro White-eye (Zosterops gibbsi) Range: AU: Vanikoro (Santa Cruz Is. =Temotu, se Solomon Is.)

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Kai Besar White-eye (Zosterops grayi) 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 (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
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Kafa White-eye (Zosterops kaffensis) Range: AF: w, sw Ethiopia and Mt. Kulal (n Kenya)

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Angola White-eye (Zosterops kasaicus) Range: AF: c DR Congo to n, c Angola


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


Kirk's White-eye (Zosterops kirki) Range: AF: Grande Comore (=Njazidja; nw Comoros) Grand Comores, Comoroes
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Ambon White-eye (Zosterops kuehni) 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 (Zosterops lateralis) Range: AU, PO: Australia, New Zealand and outlying is., New Caledonia and w Pacific is. to Fiji (sw Polynesia) Strangways, Victoria, Australia
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Principe Speirops (Zosterops leucophaeus) Range: AF: Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.) Príncipe
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Principe Speirops (Zosterops leucophaeus) Range: AF: Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.) Príncipe
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Black-capped Speirops (Zosterops lugubris) Range: AF: São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.) São Tomé
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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 (Zosterops luteus) Range: AU: coastal n Australia Australia
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Malagasy White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus maderaspatanus) Range: AF: Europa (Mozambique Channel), sw Seychelles, Madagascar and satellites Madagascar
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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 (Zosterops mbuluensis) Range: AF: s Kenya and n Tanzania Ngorongoro, Tanzania
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Tagula White-eye (Zosterops meeki) Near Threatened Range: AU: Tagula (c Louisiade Arch., se of New Guinea)


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 (Zosterops mysorensis) Near Threatened Range: AU: Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea) Biak, Indonesia
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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 (Zosterops pallidus) Range: AF: Namibia to w, c South Africa; local along Orange River Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Indian White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus occidentis) Range: OR: widespread Pakistan
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Indian White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) Range: OR: widespread Nilgiris, India
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Wangi-wangi White-eye (Zosterops paruhbesar) Endangered Range: AU: Wangi-wangi I. (Wakatobi Arch. se of se Sulawesi)

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Ethiopian White-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus) Range: AF: se Sudan, Eritrea and n, c, e Ethiopia

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

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Makira 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) Near Threatened 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.)


Citrine White-eye (Zosterops semperi owstoni) Range: PO: Palau, Truk and Pohnpei (Caroline Is., w, c Micronesia) Truk Atoll
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Northern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis) Range: AF: widespread


Taita White-eye (Zosterops silvanus) Vulnerable Range: AF: Kenya Ngangao Forest, Kenya
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Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) Range: OR: e China, Taiwan and n Vietnam to Thai-Malay Pen. to Sumatra and Borneo China
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Socotra White-eye (Zosterops socotranus) Range: AF: Socotra and n Somalia Socotra, Yemen
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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 (Zosterops stalkeri) Range: AU: Seram (ec Moluccas) Seram, Indonesia
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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 (Zosterops stuhlmanni stuhlmanni) Range: AF: central highlands Entebbe, Uganda
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Bare-eyed White-eye (Zosterops superciliosus) Range: AU: Rennell (se Solomon Is.)


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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Kai Kecil 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 (Zosterops vaughani) Range: IO: Pemba I. Manta Resort, Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Vella Lavella White-eye (Zosterops vellalavella) Near Threatened Range: AU: Vella Lavella and Bagga (wc Solomon Is.)


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


South Pare White-eye (Zosterops winifredae) Near Threatened Range: AF: s Pare Mts. (ne Tanzania) South Pare Mountains, Tanzania
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Found in the South Pare mountains of Tanzania.


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
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