Species profile—Zosterops lateralis (silvereye)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Zosteropidae (white-eyes and yuhinias) → Zosterops lateralis (silvereye)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Zosteropidae (white-eyes and yuhinias)
- Scientific name
- Zosterops lateralis (Latham, 1801)
- Common name
- silvereye
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1276
- Alternate name(s)
- blightbird
grape-eater
waxeye
tauhou
silvey
ring-eye
white-eye
grey-breasted silvereye
grey-backed silvereye - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Agricultural Pest
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1276.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
