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

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Oriental white eye {Zosterops palpebrosa} head on, Tamil Nadu, India

Rolf Nussbaumer / Pair of Japanese white-eyes {Zosterops japonica} Hawaii, USA

Kerstin Hinze / Cape White Eye (Zosterops pallidus) bird, foraging on Natal Bottle Brush (Greyia sutherlandii), Hidden Valley, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Kerstin Hinze / Cape White Eye ( Zosterops pallidus), foraging on Natal Bottle Brush ( Greyia sutherlandii), Hidden Valley, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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 / 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

Alex Hyde / Spectacled greenbul {Bernieria zosterops} on nest in tropical rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

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

Tim Laman / Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) perched, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Oriental white eye {Zosterops palpebrosa} calling, Tamil Nadu, India

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

Nature Production / Japanese White-eye {Zosterops japonicus} amongst Wintersweet {Chimonanthus praecox} feeds on the flowers for nectar, Kanagawa, Japan

Rolf Nussbaumer / Fledgling Japanese White-eyes (Zosterops japonicus) on branch, Alakai Swamp, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. August 1997

Konstantin Mikhailov / Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus), Chitwan NP, Nepal

Konstantin Mikhailov / Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus), Chitwan NP, Nepal

Konstantin Mikhailov / Oriental white-eye {Zosterops palpebrosus} Chitwan NP, Nepal

Konstantin Mikhailov / Oriental white-eye {Zosterops palpebrosus} Chitwan NP, Nepal

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

Julian Hume / Illustration of breeding pair of Oiseaux bleus / Swamp hen on the Plaine Caffres,Reunion (extinct 1700). This species is known from only a few reliable accounts, and appears to have been a large galli...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Mauritian birds. Mauritius pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri) (centre left); Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra) (centre right); Mauritius olive white-eye (Zosterops chloronothos) feeding on the...