Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
- PASSERIFORMES |
Abyssinian White-eye i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops abyssinicus | AF | ne, also s Arabian Pen. | |
Aldabra White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops aldabrensis | IO | Aldabra (w Aldabra group, sw Seychelles) | |
Ambon White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops kuehni | AU | Ambon (sw of Seram, c Moluccas) | |
Angola White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops kasaicus | AF | c DR Congo to n, c Angola | |
Anjouan White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops anjuanensis | AF | Anjouan (=Nzwani; ec Comoros) | |
Annobon White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops griseovirescens | AF | Annobón (s Gulf of Guinea Is.) | |
Ashy-bellied White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops citrinella | AU | c Lesser Sundas, s Moluccas and far ne Australia is. | |
Bare-eyed White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops superciliosus | AU | Rennell (se Solomon Is.) | |
Biak White-eye (NT) i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops mysorensis | AU | Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea) | |
Bismarck White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops hypoxanthus | AU | Bismarck Arch., including Admiralty Is. | |
Black-capped Speirops i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops lugubris | AF | São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.) | |
Black-capped White-eye i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops atricapilla | OR | montane Sumatra and Borneo | |
Black-crowned White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops atrifrons | AU | Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi) | |
Black-fronted White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops chrysolaemus | AU | New Guinea | |
Black-ringed White-eye i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops anomalus | AU | sw Sulawesi | |
Bougainville White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops hamlini | AU | montane Bougainville (n Solomon Is.) | |
Bridled White-eye (EX) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops conspicillatus | PO | Mariana Is. | |
Broad-ringed White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops eurycricotus | AF | ne Tanzania | |
Buru White-eye i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops buruensis | AU | Buru (wc Moluccas) | |
Canary White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops luteus | AU | coastal n Australia | |
Cape White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops virens | AF | s | |
Capped White-eye i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops fuscicapilla | AU | montane nw to c New Guinea | |
Chestnut-flanked White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops erythropleurus | PAL | e, also Southeast Asia | |
Christmas White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops natalis | IO | Christmas I. (s of w Java) | |
Citrine White-eye i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops semperi | PO | Palau, Truk and Pohnpei (Caroline Is., w, c Micronesia) | |
Cream-throated White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops atriceps | AU | n Moluccas | |
Dark-eyed White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops tetiparius | AU | New Georgia group (wc Solomon Is.) | |
Dusky White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops finschii | PO | Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia) | |
Ethiopian White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops poliogastrus | AF | se Sudan, Eritrea and n, c, e Ethiopia | |
Everett's White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops everetti | OR | Talaud Is. (ne of ne Sulawesi), Visayas (except westernmost), Mindanao group and Sulu Arch. (ec, s Philippines) | |
Fernando Po Speirops (VU) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops brunneus | AF | montane Bioko (n Gulf of Guinea Is.) | |
Fiji White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops explorator | PO | Viti Levu, Ovalau, Vanua Levu, Taveuni and Kadavu (w, c Fiji, sw Polynesia) | |
Forest White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops stenocricotus | AF | se Nigeria to sw Central African Republic and n Gabon, Bioko I. | |
Gizo White-eye (VU) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops luteirostris | AU | Gizo (=Ghizo, se of Vella Lavella, nw New Georgia group, wc Solomon Is.) | |
Green White-eye i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops stuhlmanni | AF | central highlands | |
Green-backed White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops xanthochroa | AU | New Caledonia, including Grande Terre and Ile des Pins, and Mare (e Loyalty Is., New Caledonia) | |
Green-fronted White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops minor | AU | Yapen (Geelvink Bay is.) and n, wc New Guinea | |
Grey-brown White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops ponapensis | PO | Pohnpei (=Ponape, e Caroline Is., c Micronesia) | |
Guadalcanal White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops oblitus | AU | montane Guadalcanal (sc Solomon Is.) | |
Hume's White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops auriventer | OR | inland se Burma, s Thailand, Malay Pen. and Borneo | |
Indian White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops palpebrosus | OR | widespread | |
Javan White-eye (EN) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops flavus | OR | Java and s Borneo | |
Kafa White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops kaffensis | AF | w, sw Ethiopia and Mt. Kulal (n Kenya) | |
Kai Besar White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops grayi | AU | Kai Besar (Kai Is., se Moluccas) | |
Kai Kecil White-eye (NT) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops uropygialis | AU | Kai Kecil and Kai Dulah (to n of Kai Kecil; Kai Is., se Moluccas) | |
Karthala White-eye (VU) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops mouroniensis | AF | montane Grande Comore (=Njazidja; nw Comoros) | |
Kikuyu White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops kikuyuensis | AF | Kenya | |
Kirk's White-eye i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops kirki | AF | Grande Comore (=Njazidja; nw Comoros) | |
Kolombangara White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops murphyi | AU | montane Kolombangara (wc Solomon Is.) | |
Kosrae White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops cinereus | PO | Kosrae (e Caroline Is., c Micronesia) | |
Large Lifou White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops inornatus | AU | Lifou (c Loyalty Is.) | |
Lemon-bellied White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops chloris | AU | islets n of Java and w of Borneo, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, c and s Moluccas and islands off w New Guinea | |
Louisiade White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops griseotinctus | AU | widely disjunct islets in Bismarck and Louisiade archs. | |
Lowland White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops meyeni | OR | Taiwan and n, c Philippines | |
Makira White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops rendovae | AU | Makira (=San Cristóbal, Solomon Is.) | |
Malagasy White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops maderaspatanus | AF | Europa (Mozambique Channel), sw Seychelles, Madagascar and satellites | |
Malaita White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops stresemanni | AU | montane Malaita (se Solomon Is.) | |
Marianne White-eye (EX) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops semiflavus † | IO | Marianne (ne Inner Is., ne Seychelles) | |
Mauritius Grey White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops mauritianus | IO | Mauritius (c Mascarenes) | |
Mauritius Olive White-eye (CR) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops chloronothos | IO | Mauritius (c Mascarenes; rare); introduced Ile aux Aigrettes (just e of Mauritius) | |
Mayotte White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops mayottensis | AF | Mayotte and satellites (se Comoros) | |
Mbulu White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops mbuluensis | AF | s Kenya and n Tanzania | |
Meratus White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops meratusensis | OR | Meratus Mts., se Kalimantan (se Borneo) | |
Moheli White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops comorensis | AF | Mohéli (=Mwali; wc Comoros) | |
Morotai White-eye (NT) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops dehaani | OR | Morotai (n Moluccas) | |
Mount Cameroon Speirops (VU) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops melanocephalus | AF | Cameroon | |
Mountain Blackeye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops emiliae | OR | montane n Borneo | |
Northern Yellow White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops senegalensis | AF | widespread | |
Olive-colored White-eye (NT) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops oleagineus | PO | Yap (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia) | |
Orange River White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops pallidus | AF | Namibia to w, c South Africa; local along Orange River | |
Oya Tabu White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops crookshanki | AU | Goodenough and Fergusson (D'Entrecasteaux Arch., e of se New Guinea) | |
Pale White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops flavilateralis | AF | s Somalia, n, c, e Kenya to e Tanzania | |
Pale-bellied White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops consobrinorum | AU | se Sulawesi, Kabaena and Butung (s of se Sulawesi) | |
Papuan White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops novaeguineae | AU | nw, e New Guinea and Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea) | |
Pemba White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops vaughani | IO | Pemba I. | |
Plain White-eye (NT) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops hypolais | PO | Yap (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia) | |
Principe Speirops i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops leucophaeus | AF | Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.) | |
Principe White-eye (EN) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops ficedulinus | AF | Príncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.) | |
Ranongga White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops splendidus | AU | Ranongga (s of Vella Lavella, nw New Georgia group, wc Solomon Is.) | |
Rennell White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops rennellianus | AU | Rennell (sw Solomon Is.) | |
Reunion Grey White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops borbonicus | IO | Réunion (w Mascarenes) | |
Reunion Olive White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops olivaceus | IO | montane Réunion (w Mascarenes) | |
Robust White-eye (EX) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops strenuus † | AU | Lord Howe I. (e of Australia) | |
Rota White-eye (CR) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops rotensis | PO | Rota (s Northern Mariana Is., w Micronesia) | |
Samoan White-eye (NT) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops samoensis | PO | Savaii (w Samoa, c Polynesia) | |
Sanford's White-eye (NT) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops lacertosus | AU | Nendo (Santa Cruz Is. =Temotu, se Solomon Is.) | |
Sangihe White-eye (CR) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops nehrkorni | AU | montane Sangihe (n of Sulawesi; no recent records) | |
Sangkar White-eye (VU) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops melanurus | OR | Java and Bali | |
Santa Cruz White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops sanctaecrucis | AU | Nendo (Santa Cruz Is. =Temotu, se Solomon Is.) | |
Sao Tome White-eye (NT) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops feae | AF | São Tomé (sc Gulf of Guinea Is.) | |
Seram White-eye i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops stalkeri | AU | Seram (ec Moluccas) | |
Seychelles White-eye (VU) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops modestus | IO | Mahé and Conception (just w of nw Mahé; s Inner Is., ne Seychelles); translocated to other islands in group | |
Silvereye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops lateralis | AU, PO | Australia, New Zealand and outlying is., New Caledonia and w Pacific is. to Fiji (sw Polynesia) | |
Slender-billed White-eye (VU) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops tenuirostris | AU | Norfolk I. (e of Australia) | |
Small Lifou White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops minutus | AU | Lifou (c Loyalty Is.) | |
Socotra White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops socotranus | AF | Socotra and n Somalia | |
Solomons White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops kulambangrae | AU | New Georgia group, including Kolombangara to Vangunu and satellite islets (wc Solomon Is.) | |
South Pare White-eye (NT) i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops winifredae | AF | s Pare Mts. (ne Tanzania) | |
Southern Yellow White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops anderssoni | AF | s | |
Sri Lanka White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops ceylonensis | OR | Sri Lanka | |
Swinhoe's White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops simplex | OR | e China, Taiwan and n Vietnam to Thai-Malay Pen. to Sumatra and Borneo | to c Indochina |
Tagula White-eye (NT) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops meeki | AU | Tagula (c Louisiade Arch., se of New Guinea) | |
Taita White-eye (VU) i U | Zosteropidae | Zosterops silvanus | AF | Kenya | |
Togian White-eye (NT) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops somadikartai | AU | Togian Is. (between ne and ec Sulawesi) | |
Vanikoro White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops gibbsi | AU | Vanikoro (Santa Cruz Is. =Temotu, se Solomon Is.) | |
Vanuatu White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops flavifrons | AU | Vanuatu | |
Vella Lavella White-eye (NT) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops vellalavella | AU | Vella Lavella and Bagga (wc Solomon Is.) | |
Wakatobi White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops flavissimus | AU | Tukangbesi (se of se Sulawesi) | |
Wangi-wangi White-eye (EN) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops paruhbesar | AU | Wangi-wangi I. (Wakatobi Arch. se of se Sulawesi) | |
Warbling White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops japonicus | PAL, OR, AU | widespread e Asia, Japan to Greater Sundas (except Borneo), Sulawesi region, Moluccas, Lesser Sundas and Philippines (except Sulu Arch.) | |
White-chested White-eye (EX) i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops albogularis † | AU | Norfolk I. (e of Australia) | |
Yellow-throated White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops metcalfii | AU | n, c Solomon Is. from Buka to Florida | |
Yellowish White-eye i | Zosteropidae | Zosterops nigrorum | OR | Philippines (except Palawan group, East Visayas, Mindanao and Sulu Arch.) | |
22% 25 species of 113 (4 extinct).