Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyZosteropidae (White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies)
GenusZosterops (Typical White-eyes)
SpeciesZosterops lateralis (Silvereye)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Ningaloo Marine Park

1 Verified records at Ningaloo Marine Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The silvereye or wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis), also known by its Māori name tauhou, 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". Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Ningaloo Marine Park

Zosterops luteus

Gavicalis virescens

Cracticus nigrogularis

Hirundo neoxena

Manorina flavigula

Corvus orru

Grallina cyanoleuca

Lichmera indistincta

Taeniopygia guttata

Malurus leucopterus

Chlamydera guttata

Petrochelidon nigricans

20–30% · Possible

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Silvereye at Ningaloo Marine Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Tongariro National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	70–80%
2	Aoraki Mount Cook National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	70–80%
3	Arthur's Pass National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	60–70%
4	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	60–70%
5	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
6	Maria Island National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
7	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
8	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
9	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
10	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	40–50%
11	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	30–40%
12	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	30–40%
13	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
14	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
15	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
16	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
17	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
18	Flinders Ranges National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
19	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
20	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
21	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5–10%
22	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

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Silvereye

Closest Relatives at Ningaloo Marine Park

Australian Yellow White-eye

Singing Honeyeater

Pied Butcherbird

Welcome Swallow

Yellow-throated Miner

Torresian Crow

Magpie-lark

Brown Honeyeater

Zebra Finch

White-winged Fairywren

Western Bowerbird

Tree Martin

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found