- gardens. The
silvereye feeds on
insect prey and
large amounts of
fruit and nectar,
making them
occasional pests of
commercial orchards.
Silvereyes breed in...
- good,
pairs can
produce and
raise up to four
broods in a season.
Western silvereyes are omnivorous; they eat
small insects as well as a wide
variety of fruits...
- in
which it lays a
clutch of 2-4
small eggs in
spring and summer. The
silvereyes glean insects from
leaves and flowers, as well as
eating small seeds,...
-
Heron Island resort.
Studies on
Heron Island have
shown that
Capricorn silvereyes mate for life with the same partner. They are not only socially, but also...
-
silvereye,
Zosterops lateralis,
naturally colonised New Zealand,
where it is
known as the "wax-eye" or
tauhou ("stranger"), from 1855. The
silvereye has...
-
pollinators of this
plant are bees, bumblebees, and medium-sized birds. The
silvereye is a
pollinator in the
cooler parts of the
South Island; the blackbird...
-
carried by
biting mosquitoes have been
found in low
numbers in the island's
silvereyes.
Heron Reef is a
lagoonal platform reef. It has
developed in a high energy...
-
nesting sites. The
introduced common blackbird is,
together with the
native silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), the most
widely distributed avian seed dis****r...
-
subspecies of
golden whistler) Lord Howe
silvereye,
Zosterops lateralis tephropleurus (vulnerable,
subspecies of
silvereye)
Robust white-eye,
Zosterops strenuus...
-
congregate in
large numbers at
suitable food sources,
often in
company with
silvereyes, bellbirds, or kererū (New
Zealand pigeon) in any combination. Generally...
