Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis

Stuarts Bay, Tasman Peninsula, SE Tas IMG_8716 20200208 - lateralis. CLICK for one at King Street, Bellerive, S Tas 20210613.

 Notes: Nominate ssp lateralis rich brown flanks, off-white throat; cornwalli throat yellow, undertail
lemon, flanks grey or buffish; tephropleurus similar to previous but undertail-coverts off-white;
chlorocephalus also similar to previous but larger, throat duller, flanks grey; westernensis is
intermediate between cornwalli & pinarochrous; vegetus grey mantle, yellow vent & undertail.
See pics for descriptions of chloronotus & pinarochrous. Forages in foliage for insects & fruits.

Range from The Australian Bird Guide©(modified) SE ssp winter in Vic & NSW, returning Aug–Oct.
Broken River, Eungella, NE Qld IMG_0367 20220301 - cornwalli throat yellow, undertail lemon, flanks grey or buffish. Gold Scrub Lane, Samsonvale, SE Qld IMG_5185 20220618 - cornwalli throat yellow, undertail lemon, flanks grey or buffish. Yanchep NP, Wanneroo, SW WA IMG_7312 20181012 - chloronotus grey-green mantle, yellow undertail-coverts. CLICK for
three at Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA 20181104. Julatten, Tablelands, FN Qld IMG_8870 20201009 - vegetus grey mantle, yellow vent & undertail-coverts. CLICK for one on
Green Island: 20231109. See discussion about Ashy-bellied White-eye. Research Station, Iron Range NP, CYPAL, FNE Qld IMG_8543 20220731 - vegetus CLICK for view of grey mantle. Salt Creek, Coorong, SE SA IMG_6266 20181207 - pinarochrous somewhat duller head, paler & browner upperparts, greyish
throat & undertail-coverts, grey breast, pale rufous flanks. Nature Walk, Cann River, SE Vic IMG_5023 20240115 - westernensis intermediate between cornwalli &
pinarochrous Griffiths Island, Port Fairy, SW Vic IMG_7008 20210401 - westernensis intermediate between cornwalli & pinarochrous.
CLICK for one at Distillary Dam, Greater Bendigo NP, NC Vic. Settlement, Lord Howe Island IMG_2840 20200307 - tephropleurus similar to cormwalli but undertail-coverts off-white;
CLICK to see what appears to be one, at Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island 20200318. Settlement, Lord Howe Island IMG_2852 20200307 - tephropleurus Mount Pitt, Norfolk Island IMG_4670+4673 20200314 - tephropleurus Waratah Bay, S Vic MVI_5163 20100103 - lateralis from Tas? or westernensis?