94 SILVER EYE Zosterops laterals
Australia (94)
Also known as Blightbird, Grape-eater, Greybacked, Grey-breasted or Western Silvereye or White-eye, Ringeye, Silvey, Tauhou, Waxeye. Ranges across e and se Australia, sw Western Australia, Tasmania. Found in most vegetational types in coastal and sub-coastal Australia. 10-12.5 cm.
NOTE:
There are seventeen subspecies of Silvereye.
9 subspecies in Australia:
westernensis:
interalis:
vegetus: Qld
chloronotus: sw WA
pinarochrous:
lateralis: Tassie
tephropleurus: island
chlorocephalus:
ochrochious:
Australia (94)
Also known as Blightbird, Grape-eater, Greybacked, Grey-breasted or Western Silvereye or White-eye, Ringeye, Silvey, Tauhou, Waxeye. Ranges across e and se Australia, sw Western Australia, Tasmania. Found in most vegetational types in coastal and sub-coastal Australia. 10-12.5 cm.
NOTE:
There are seventeen subspecies of Silvereye.
9 subspecies in Australia:
westernensis:
interalis:
vegetus: Qld
chloronotus: sw WA
pinarochrous:
lateralis: Tassie
tephropleurus: island
chlorocephalus:
ochrochious:
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| Western Silver (subspecies Zosterops laterals chloronotus) photographed at Cheyenne's Beach, WA, November 2016 |
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| Subspecies lateralis, photographed in Tasmania February 2017 |
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| Subspecies westernensis, photographed at Pambula, July 2018 |
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| Photographed on King Island, June 2018 |
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