List of Birds of New Caledonia - White-eyes

White-eyes

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Zosteropidae

The white-eyes are small and are mostly of undistinguished appearance, the plumage above being generally either some dull color like greenish olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As their name suggests many species have a white ring around the eyes. There are 96 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in New Caledonia.

  • Large Lifou White-eye Zosterops inornatus (E)
  • Green-backed White-eye Zosterops xanthochrous (E)
  • Small Lifou White-eye Zosterops minutus (E)
  • Silver-eye Zosterops lateralis

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