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SILVEREYE FACTS |
Description
Upper body grey and underparts grey-white. Head and wings pale green, sides of body pale brown or red-brown (chestnut). Tail pale yellow underneath. White ring around the eye. Body up to 12 cm long.
Silvereyes breed in spring and summer. During the breeding season they are found in pairs and will actively defend their territory. At other times they form large flocks. In winter, local populations migrate north, being replaced by birds arriving from the south. They can be a pest, feeding on grapes and other fruit, but also feed on insects.
Author credit: Museum Victoria Sciences Staff / Museum Victoria
Habitat
Coastal heath, shrublands, forests, farms, and urban areas.
Food
Omnivore
Range
Pacific Islands. Southern and eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Zosteropidae | | Genus: | Zosterops | | Species: | lateralis | | Common Name: | Silvereye |
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