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Often called a Silvereye. It was visiting the garden in the evening for a feed of insects.
Zosterops lateralis in Camellias at lunchtime
Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
There were some small insects on the cup from a Hibiscus flower that this one was considering for a snack.
Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
As we arrived home from Di's Dad's place I spotted around ten Silvereyes around the front and back garden. I grabbed the camera and was fortunate that some of them were far enough away to get some images. They kept coming very close, I could have photographed them with the macro lens or phone.
Silvereye, Pelican Lagoon, Kangaroo Island.
Silvereyes are the most active little bird on the property we are staying on, such gorgeous little birds.
Graumantel-Brillenvogel (Zosterops lateralis)
(c) Bernhard Brehmer
Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
From the archives
Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) showing the way.
They are a tiny bird - about 10-13cm (2-2.5") long - and weigh only 10 grams or so (about a third the weight of a lens cap!). It's amazing how much life is packed into that little body.
(2024-11-09_OM1_17602Z_Fr_DxO_crop5_NikCE)
Your comments and faves are greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis
Identification: The Silvereye is a small bird with a conspicuous ring of white feathers around the eye and belongs to a group of birds known as white-eyes. The Silvereye shows interesting plumage variations across its range. The grey back and olive-green head and wings are found in birds through the east, while western birds have a uniformly olive-green back. Breeding birds of the east coast have yellow throats, pale buff flanks (side of the belly) and white on the undertail. Tasmanian birds have grey throats, chestnut flanks and yellow on the undertail. To complicate this, the birds in the east have regular migrations within Australia and may replace each other in their different areas for parts of the year. Birds in Western Australia have yellowish olive, rather than grey, backs
Location: Silvereyes are more common in the south-east of Australia, but their range extends from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, through the south and south-west to about Shark Bay, Western Australia. They are also found in Tasmania.
Habitat: Urban, Woodland, Forest. Silvereyes may occur in almost any wooded habitat, especially commercial orchards and urban parks and gardens.
Habitat: The Silvereye can travel great distances during migration, with Silvereyes from the most southerly regions of Tasmania travelling all the way up to Southern Queensland. Birds are seen alone, in pairs or in small flocks during the breeding season, but form large flocks in the winter months.
Feeding: Silvereyes feed on insect prey and large amounts of fruit and nectar, making them occasional pests of commercial orchards. Birds are seen alone, in pairs or in small flocks during the breeding season, but form large flocks in the winter months.
Breeding: Silvereye pairs actively defend a small territory. The nest is a small, neatly woven cup of grasses, hair, and other fine vegetation, bound with spider web. It is placed in a horizontal tree fork up to 5m above the ground. The nest is constructed by both sexes, who both also incubate the bluish-green eggs. If conditions are suitable two to three clutches will be raised in a season.
Songs and Calls: The contact call, a thin “psip”, is given persistently.
(Source: birdlife.org.au/bird-profiles/silvereye/}
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Zosterops lateralis
Jones Winery, Rutherglen, Victoria
Photographed on a stump on the bank of Okana Rover, Little River, Canterbury, New Zealand
