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

Martin Willis / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / White-breasted White-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus) pair, Hawf Protected Area, Yemen

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

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

Jonathan Harrod / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Christchurch, New Zealand

Jonathan Harrod / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) on cherry blossom in spring, Christchurch, New Zealand

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.

Mark Hughes / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) pair preening, Wairarapa, New Zealand

Mark Hughes / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) feeding on flowering shrub, New Zealand

Chien Lee / Pygmy White-eye (Oculocincta squamifrons), Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Ceylon White-eye (Zosterops ceylonensis) perched on flower, Lindulla, Sri Lanka

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

Nick Upton / Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus) with orange berry in its beak. Chaishan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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

Gordon Roberts / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) in hand about to be released, Nelson, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) feeding on Poroporo (Solanum laciniatum) fruit, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand

Martin Willis / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / White-breasted White-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus), Hawf Protected Area, Yemen

Martin Willis / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) a pair snuggle together on a branch, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia