New Zealand Birds

DSC_3523 Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis lateralis) small, tidy nest containing typical three egg clutch (2-4 eggs) in coastal mahoe forest. First recorded here in 1832, and recorded breeding in 1856, the silvereye is now abundant throughout New Zealand. This subspecies hails from southeastern Australia and Tasmania. Frasers Gully, Dunedin *

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DSC_3523 Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis lateralis) small, tidy nest containing typical three egg clutch (2-4 eggs) in coastal mahoe forest. First recorded here in 1832, and recorded breeding in 1856, the silvereye is now abundant throughout New Zealand. This subspecies hails from southeastern Australia and Tasmania. Frasers Gully, Dunedin *

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