Silver eye preening on a dry branch at Bushy beach in New Zealand. Bushy Beach Scenic Reserve is the last remaining in the area, dominated by hebe, ng

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Silver eye preening on a dry branch at Bushy beach in New Zealand. Bushy Beach Scenic Reserve is the last remaining in the area, dominated by hebe, ngaio, mahoe and broaddleaf which shelters penguins and other seabirds. The silvereye or wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis) is a very small omnivorous passerine bird of the south-west Pacific. It can also be named white-eye or tauhou.

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Photo credit: © Henri Martin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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