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The silvereye or wax-eye (''Zosterops lateralis'') is a very small omnivorous passerine bird of the south-west pacific. In Australia and New Zealand its common name is sometimes shortened to white-eye, but this name is more commonly used to refer to all members of the genus ''Zosterops'', or the entire family Zosteropidae. In New Zealand, the silvereye was first recorded in 1832. It arrived in greater numbers in 1856, and it is assumed that a migrating flock was swept eastwards by a storm. As an apparently self-introduced bird it is protected as a native New Zealand species. Its Māori name, tauhou, means "stranger" or more literally, "new arrival". ==Taxonomy== There are 16 subspecies:〔Handbook of the Birds of the World.〕 * ''Z. l. chlorocephalus'' A. J. Campbell & S. A. White, 1910 (Capricorn silvereye)– Capricorn and Bunker Group, central Queensland, Australia * ''Z. l. chloronotus'' Gould, 1841 (western silvereye) – south-west Western Australia from Carnarvon southwards coastally and subcoastally to South Australia at the head of the Great Australian Bight * ''Z. l. cornwalli'' Mathews, 1912 – east-central and south-east Queensland to north-east New South Wales * ''Z. l. flaviceps'' Peale, 1848 – Fiji * ''Z. l. griseonota'' G. R. Gray, 1859 – New Caledonia * ''Z. l. lateralis'' (Latham, 1801) – Flinders Island, Tasmania; Norfolk Island; New Zealand and Chatham Islands; also a non-breeding migrant to continental south-eastern Australia * ''Z. l. melanops'' G. R. Gray, 1860 – Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia * ''Z. l. nigrescens'' F. Sarasin, 1913 – Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia * ''Z. l. ochrochrous'' Schodde & Mason, 1999 – King Island, Tasmania * ''Z. l. pinarochrous'' Schodde & Mason, 1999 – south-east South Australia, south-west New South Wales and western Victoria * ''Z. l. tephropleurus'' Gould, 1855 (Lord Howe silvereye) – Lord Howe Island * ''Z. l. tropicus'' Mees, 1969 – Torres Islands and Banks Islands (except Mota Lava), and Malo and Espíritu Santo, north-west Vanuatu * ''Z. l. valuensis'' Murphy & Mathews, 1929 – Mota Lava, Banks Islands, Vanuatu * ''Z. l. vatensis'' Tristram, 1879 – central and southern Vanuatu * ''Z. l. vegetus'' E. J. O. Hartert, 1899 – north-east Queensland * ''Z. l. westernensis'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) – south-east New South Wales to eastern Victoria 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Silvereye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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