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PLEASE! If you see any mistakes, I'm 100% sure that I have wrongly identified some birds.
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So please let me know on my guestbook at the bottom of the page
  The silvereye or wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis) is a very small omnivorous passerine bird of the south-west pacific. In Australia and New Zealand its common name is sometimes white-eye, but this name is more commonly used to refer to all members of the genus Zosterops, or the entire family Zosteropidae. In New Zealand, the silvereye was first recorded in 1832. It arrived in greater numbers in 1856, and it is assumed that a migrating flock was swept eastwards by a storm. As an apparently self-introduced bird it is protected as a native New Zealand species. Its Māori name, tauhou, means "stranger" or more literally, "new arrival". Distribution and habitat The silvereye is native to Australia, New Zealand and the south-west Pacific islands of Lord Howe, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji. It is common to abundant throughout the relatively fertile south-west and south-east parts of Australia (including Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands), and through the well-watered coastal zone of tropical Queensland, including Cape York Peninsula The silvereye is liable to be found in any vegetated area, apart from open grasslands, within its distribution range, including forest, scrub, horticultural blocks and urban gardens.   Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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 Silvereye distribution
By Júlio Reis adapted by User:Tony Wills - Image:Oceania ISO 3166-1.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22806767 Taxonomy The Silvereye was first described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801 under the binomial name Sylvia lateralis. There are 17 subspecies: • Z. l. chlorocephalus A. J. Campbell & S. A. White, 1910 (Capricorn silvereye)– Capricorn and Bunker Group, central Queensland, Australia • Z. l. chloronotus Gould, 1841 (western silvereye) – south-west Western Australia from Carnarvon southwards coastally and subcoastally to South Australia at the head of the Great Australian Bight • Z. l. cornwalli Mathews, 1912 – east-central and south-east Queensland to north-east New South Wales • Z. l. flaviceps Peale, 1848 – Fiji • Z. l. griseonota G. R. Gray, 1859 – New Caledonia • Z. l. lateralis (Latham, 1801) – Flinders Island, Tasmania; Norfolk Island; New Zealand and Chatham Islands; also a non-breeding migrant to continental south-eastern Australia • Z. l. macmillani Mayr, 1937 – Tanna and Aniwa Islands (southern Vanuatu) • Z. l. melanops G. R. Gray, 1860 – Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia • Z. l. nigrescens F. Sarasin, 1913 – Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia • Z. l. ochrochrous Schodde & Mason, 1999 – King Island, Tasmania • Z. l. pinarochrous Schodde & Mason, 1999 – south-east South Australia, south-west New South Wales and western Victoria • Z. l. tephropleurus Gould, 1855 (Lord Howe silvereye) – Lord Howe Island • Z. l. tropicus Mees, 1969 – Torres Islands and Banks Islands (except Mota Lava), and Malo and Espíritu Santo, north-west Vanuatu • Z. l. valuensis Murphy & Mathews, 1929 – Mota Lava, Banks Islands, Vanuatu • Z. l. vatensis Tristram, 1879 – central and southern Vanuatu • Z. l. vegetus E. J. O. Hartert, 1899 – north-east Queensland • Z. l. westernensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) – south-east New South Wales to eastern Victoria  Subspecies flaviceps from Fiji
By Hartlaub Finsch - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14343#,
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11754656 Description A small bird 11 to 13 cm in length and around 10 g in weight, it has a conspicuous ring of white feathers around its eye. There are a number of plumage variations depending on the sub-species. Generally it has olive-green wings and either a grey or olive-green back, a lighter coloured throat - yellow or grey, flanks that range from chestnut to pale buff, and an undertail that may be white or yellow. Within Australia there are seasonal migrations and the ranges of the sub-species overlap. The other islands within its range tend to host only a single sub-species each so only one plumage variant is seen. Listen to the Silvereye
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Listen to the Silvereye
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Feeding The silvereye feeds on insect prey and large amounts of fruit and nectar, making them occasional pests of commercial orchards Behaviour Silvereyes breed in spring and early summer (mainly between September and December), making a tiny cup of grass, moss, hair, spiderweb, and thistledown, suspended from a branch fork in the outer reaches of small trees or shrubs. They lay two to four pale blue eggs, and two (or sometimes three) broods may be raised during each breeding season. The eggs hatch after about 11 days, and the young fledge after another 10 days. The juveniles are independent at 3 weeks and able to breed at 9 months. In late summer silvereyes gather into flocks and many Australian birds migrate, making their way north along the coast and ranges, foraging busily during the day with much calling and quick movement through the shrubbery, then flying long distances through the night. Most of the Tasmanian population crosses the Bass Strait (an astonishing feat for 12 cm birds weighing only a few grams) and disperses into Victoria, New South Wales, and south-eastern Queensland. The populations of these areas tend to head further north; while the northern-most birds remain resident all year round. In western Australia they have been recorded moving between the mainland and offshore islands. Silvereyes are omnivorous with a diet that includes insects, berries, fruit and nectar. When food is scarce in winter they will take a wide variety of foods from bird tables, ranging from sugar water through bread and cooked meats, to solid lumps of fat. Relationship with humans Horticulture They perform a valuable service in gardens and orchards, eating insects harmful to produce, including aphids, scale insects, and the diamondback moth. However some orchardists, grape growers and home gardeners regard them as a serious pest particularly as, being so small, they simply ignore bird nets, popping in and out through the netting at will. They are attracted to a wide range of fruit species, including apples, citrus, feijoas, figs, grapes, pears and persimmons. In literature A silvereye features as the main character, Honey, in the illustrated children's books Honey and Bear, Special Days with Honey and Bear and The Honey and Bear Stories, by Ursula Dubosarsky and illustrated by Ron Brooks. In Brooks' 2010 memoir Drawn from the Heart he describes how he was inspired by a silvereye he saw in his Tasmanian garden - "those large silver rings with a fine black line around the outer edge, right round the eyes ... She's perfect, I thought. That's her! That's Honey." Conservation status
 Least concern (IUCN 3.1)
IIUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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  Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 27 September 2017 Location: Auckland, Outdoor Gallery, Auckland Airport  Silvereye or Wax-eye - Zosterops lateralis - 27 September 2017 - Auckland
 Silvereye or Wax-eye - Zosterops lateralis - 27 September 2017 - Auckland
 Silvereye or Wax-eye - Zosterops lateralis - 27 September 2017 - Auckland
 Silvereye or Wax-eye - Zosterops lateralis - 27 September 2017 - Auckland
 Silvereye or Wax-eye - Zosterops lateralis - 27 September 2017 - Auckland
 Silvereye or Wax-eye - Zosterops lateralis - 27 September 2017 - Auckland
 Silvereye or Wax-eye - Zosterops lateralis - 27 September 2017 - Auckland
 Silvereye or Wax-eye - Zosterops lateralis - 27 September 2017 - Auckland
 Silvereye or Wax-eye - Zosterops lateralis - 27 September 2017 - Auckland
 Silvereye or Wax-eye - Zosterops lateralis - 27 September 2017 - Auckland
 Silvereye or Wax-eye - Zosterops lateralis - 26 October 2017 - Puketutu Island, Auckland
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Bird information, bird song and maps. Yes, there are excellent trekking maps online so you can plan, or go back after the trek to see where you have been, excellent. I have not been disappointed. • New Zealand Birds Online nzbirdsonline.org.nz • New Zealand's Department of Conservation www.doc.govt.nz Click on “Nature” or just hoover with the mouse over the “Nature” Many other places I have been to have excellent maps on site, but trying to find them online  rendering nothing but disappointments. The New Zealand's Department of Conservation is the ONE STOP ONLY for everything regarding outdoor activities on New Zealand.
New Zealand Birds Online, there is everything you ever wish to know about the birds on New Zealand. Nothing less than fantastic. Click HERE to down load Checklist of the birds of NZ from New Zealand Birds Online web page nzbirdsonline.org.nz One of the best web pages I have ever seen when it comes to birding. All the information you can ever ask for and a ONE STOP for all your needs before going bird watching on New Zealand. Range maps, sounds, information and bird lists, everything you need.  PLEASE! If I have made any mistakes identifying any bird, PLEASE let me know on my guestbook 
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