page_title: List of birds of Tasmania
section_title: White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Tasmania / White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies
caption_attribution_description: Zosterops lateralis English: A Silvereye in Tasmania.
context_page_description: A total of 379 species of bird have been recorded living in the wild on the island of Tasmania, nearby islands and islands in Bass Strait. Birds of Macquarie Island are not included in this list. Twelve species are unique to the island of Tasmania, and most of these are common and widespread. However, the forty-spotted pardalote is rare and restricted, while the island's two breeding endemic species, the world's only migratory parrots, are both threatened. 22 species are introduced, and 30 species are globally threatened.
  Several species of penguin are late summer visitors to Tasmanian shores. Tasmania's endemic birds have led to it being classified as an Endemic Bird Area, one of 218 such areas worldwide. Priority regions for habitat-based conservation of birds around the world, they are defined by containing two or more restricted-range species.
  Although Tasmania has been isolated from the Australian mainland for about 10,000 years, islands in the Bass Strait between the two landmasses have allowed many species to traverse. With around 5,400 km of coastline and 350 offshore islands, Tasmania provides a diverse haven for birds despite its relatively small size.
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Zosteropidae
  The white-eyes are a large family of mostly Old World passerine birds. They are rather diverse in size and colouration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia. One species reaches Tasmania.
  Silvereye, Zosterops lateralis
caption: Silvereye
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