List of Birds of The Seychelles - 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 3 species which occur in the Seychelles.

  • Mayotte White-eye Zosterops mayottensis (Ex)
  • Madagascar White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus
  • Seychelles White-eye Zosterops modestus (E)

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