List of Birds of Papua New Guinea - 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 6 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.

  • Black-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor
  • White-throated White-eye Zosterops meeki (E)
  • Black-headed White-eye Zosterops hypoxanthus (E)
  • Capped White-eye Zosterops fuscicapillus
  • New Guinea White-eye Zosterops novaeguineae
  • Louisiade White-eye Zosterops griseotinctus (E)

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