Andrew Walmsley / Silver eye / Grey backed white eye (Zosterops lateralis) in flowering Pohutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa) Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand, December

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Whiskered yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis) Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China

Robin Chittenden / Sri Lanka white-eye (Zosterops ceylonensis) Sri Lanka.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Whiskered yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis) Baihualing, Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Whiskered yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis) Baihualing, Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China

Richard Du Toit / Cape white-eyes (Zosterops capensis) feeding on flowers, Garden Route, Western Cape Province,South Africa.

Martin Gabriel / Seychelles grey white-eye (Zosterops modestus), Mahe Island, Republic of Seychelles

Martin Gabriel / Seychelles grey white-eye (Zosterops modestus), Mahe Island, Republic of Seychelles. Vulnerable species.

Luke Massey / White-eyes (Zosterops sp.) wait in a cage at Denpasar Bird Market, Bali.

Andy Trowbridge / Silvereye or wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis) perched on driftwood. Birdlings Flat, Canterbury, New Zealand. August.

Aflo / Japanese white eye (Zosterops japonicus) feeding on flowers, Taiwan.

Aflo / Japanese white eye (Zosterops japonicus) feeding on berries, Tokyo, Japan.

Aflo / Japanese white eye (Zosterops japonicus) with berry, Tokyo, Japan, December.

Aflo / Japanese white eye (Zosterops japonicus) feeding on berries, Tokyo, Japan, December.

Aflo / Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare) perched, Hahajima, Ogasawara Islands., Japan.

Dong Lei / Black-chinned yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta) perched, DaMingShan moutain, Guangxi province, China, July.

Dong Lei / Black-chinned yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta) perched, DaMingShan moutain, Guangxi province, China, July.

Aflo / Japanese white eye (Zosterops japonicus) perched in Cherry blossom, Japan. March.

Aflo / Japanese White Eye (Zosterops japonicus) in tree, Tokyo, Japan.

Dong Lei / Rufous-vented yuhina (Yuhina occipitalis) Tengchong county, Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China, February.

Dong Lei / Rufous-vented yuhina (Yuhina occipitalis) perched, Tengchong county, Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China, February.

Aflo / Ogasawara islands honeyeater (Apalopteron familiare) Ogasawara Island, Japan. June.

Aflo / Japanese White eye (Zosterops japonicus) in cherry tree, Kyoto, Japan. March.

Aflo / Japanese white eye (Zosterops japonicus) in flowering cherry tree, Kanto, Japan. March.

Dong Lei / Stripe-throated yuhina (Yuhina gularis) perched, Gongga Mountain National Nature Reserve, Luding county, Sichuan Province, China.

Dong Lei / Stripe-throated yuhina (Yuhina gularis) perhced, Gongga Mountain National Nature Reserve, Luding county, Sichuan Province, China.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Abyssinian white eye (Zosterops abyssinicus) in fig tree, Oman, February

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Abyssinian white eye (Zosterops abyssinicus) eating figs, Oman, February

David Tipling / Oriental White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) for sale in shop. Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Oriental White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) in cages, at regular bird keepers meeting in Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Oriental White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) in cages, at regular bird keepers meeting in Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Oriental White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) in cages, at regular bird keepers meeting in Singapore, July 2011.

Dong Lei / Rufous-vented Yuhina (Yuhina occipitalis) on flower, Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Tengchong county, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Dong Lei / Stripe-throated yuhina (Yuhina gularis) Zhangmu County, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Tibet, China, Asia

Dong Lei / Whiskered Yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis) perched on flower, Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Tengchong county, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Brent Stephenson / Adult female Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) feeding on nectar, with worn plumage. Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, December.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) feeding on Kniphofia inflorescence. Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, July.

David Tipling / Oriental White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) in cages, at regular bird keepers meeting in Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Oriental White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) at traditional gathering of birdkeepers, Singapore.

Aflo / Japanese White Eye (Zosterops japonicus) in Plum blossom, Yugawara Umebayshi, Kanagawa, Japan, March.

Roland Seitre / Loyalty Grey-backed white-eye (Zosterops lateralis nigrescens) Gossanah, Ouvea, Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia.

Roland Seitre / New Caledonia White-Eye (Zosterops xanthochroa) feeding on fruit seeds, Oro, Ile des Pins / Isle of Pine, South Province, New Caledonia.

Roland Seitre / New Caledonia White-Eye (Zosterops xanthochroa) feeding on fruit seeds, Oro, Ile des Pins / Isle of Pine, South Province, New Caledonia.

Roland Seitre / New Caledonia White-Eye (Zosterops xanthochroa) Mount Khogi, Noumea, South Province, New Caledonia.

Roland Seitre / New Caledonia White-Eye (Zosterops xanthochroa) Mount Khogi, Noumea, South Province, New Caledonia.

Roland Seitre / New Caledonia White-Eye (Zosterops xanthochroa) feeding on fruit, Gadji, Ile des Pins / Isle of Pines, North Province, New Caledonia.

Roland Seitre / Small Lifu white eye (Zosterops minutus) feeding on nectar, We, Lifou, Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia.

Roland Seitre / Small Lifu white eye (Zosterops minutus) We, Lifou, Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia.

Roland Seitre / Small Lifu white eye (Zosterops minutus) We, Lifou, Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia.

Roland Seitre / Small Lifu white eye (Zosterops minutus) hanging upside down, We, Lifou, Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia.

Dave Watts / Grey backed white-eye / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) Tasmania, Australia

Dave Watts / Grey backed white-eye / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) Tasmania, Australia

Brent Stephenson / Silvereye / Grey Backed White-eye (Zosterops lateralis) perching in a Japanese Aralia (Fatsia japonica). Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Silvereye / Grey-backed White Eye (Zosterops lateralis) perched in a papaya tree (Carica papaya). Papehue Valley, Tahiti, September.

Andrew Walmsley / Silver eye / Grey backed white eye (Zosterops lateralis) in flowering Pohutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa) Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand, December

Andrew Walmsley / Silvereye / Waxeye / Tauhou (Zosterops lateralis) adult in tree, Christchurch, New Zealand, May

Tom Vierus / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) perched on branch in the Colo-i-Suva Rainforest Park, a protected area near the capital city of Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji.

David Tipling / Madagascar white-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus menaiensis) perched on branch, Cosmoledo Atoll, Seychelles.

Tom Vierus / Silvereye / Wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis) perched on a branch, Colo-i-Suva Rainforest Park, Viti Levu, Fiji.

Roland Seitre / Mauritius grey white-eye (Zosterops mauritianus) perched on branch, looking down, Mauritius.

Roland Seitre / Mauritius olive white-eye (Zosterops chloronothos) perched on branch, Alexandra Falls, Black River Gorges National Park, Mauritius. Critically endangered.

Roland Seitre / Mauritius grey white-eye (Zosterops mauritianus) perched in tree, Alexandra Falls, Black River Gorges National Park, Mauritius.

Roland Seitre / Mauritius grey white-eye (Zosterops mauritianus) perched in tree, Ebony forest Chamarel, Mauritius.

Roland Seitre / Olive white eye (Zosterops olivaceus) perched on branch among yellow flowers, Reunion.

Roland Seitre / Olive white eye (Zosterops olivaceus) perched on flowerhead, feeding, Reunion.

Roland Seitre / Olive white eye (Zosterops olivaceus) perched in bush among yellow flowers, Reunion.

Roland Seitre / Mascarene grey white-eye (Zosterops borbonicus) perched in flowering tree, Reunion.

Roland Seitre / Mascarene grey white-eye (Zosterops borbonicus) perched in flowering tree, Reunion.

Roland Seitre / Olive white eye (Zosterops olivaceus) perched on flowerhead, feeding, Reunion.

Roland Seitre / Seychelles grey white-eye (Zosterops modestus) perched in tree, Mahe, Seychelles.

Bruce Thomson / Grey-backed silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) perching in low tree, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

Richard Du Toit / Cape white-eye (Zosterops capensis) Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Markus Varesvuo / Chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) perched on branch. Happy Island, China.

Markus Varesvuo / Chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) perched in tree. Happy Island, China.

Markus Varesvuo / Chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) perched on branch. Happy Island, China.

Fabian Muhlberger / Wild Wonders of China / Taiwan yuhina ( Yuhina brunneiceps ) perched , Taiwan. Endemic.

Fabian Muhlberger / Wild Wonders of China / Taiwan yuhina ( Yuhina brunneiceps ) feeding on berries of Formosan firethorn , Taiwan. Endemic.

Fabian Muhlberger / Wild Wonders of China / Taiwan yuhina ( Yuhina brunneiceps ) feeding on berries of Formosan firethorn , Taiwan. Endemic.

Fabian Muhlberger / Wild Wonders of China / Taiwan yuhina ( Yuhina brunneiceps ) feeding on berries of Formosan firethorn , Taiwan. Endemic.

Fabian Muhlberger / Wild Wonders of China / Taiwan yuhinas ( Yuhina brunneiceps ) two perched among flowers, Taiwan. Endemic.

Fabian Muhlberger / Wild Wonders of China / Taiwan Yuhina ( Yuhina brunneiceps ) feeding on blossoms, Alishan National Recreation Forest area, Taiwan. Endemic.

Robin Chittenden / Sri Lankan white-eye (Zosterops ceylonensis) Sri Lanka.

Nature Production / Bonin honeyeater (Apalopteron familiare hahasima) on a branch, Hahajima, Ogasawara Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site, Japan