page_title: List of birds of the United States
section_title: White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of the United States / White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies
caption_attribution_description: Cleptornis marchei English: Golden White-Eye
context_page_description: This list of birds of the United States is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species confirmed in the United States as of July, 2019. It includes species from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories.
  The birds of the continental United States most closely resemble those of Eurasia, which was connected to the continent as part of the supercontinent Laurasia until around 60 million years ago. Many groups occur throughout the Northern Hemisphere and worldwide. However some groups unique to the New World have also arisen; those represented in this list are the hummingbirds, the New World vultures, the New World quail, the tyrant flycatchers, the vireos, the mimids, the New World warblers, the tanagers, the cardinals, and the icterids.
  Several common birds in the United States, such as the house sparrow, the rock pigeon, the European starling, and the mute swan are introduced species, meaning that they are not native to this continent but were brought here by humans. Introduced species are marked on this list as (I). In addition, many non-native species which have individual escapees or small feral populations in North America are not on this list.
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Zosteropidae
  The white-eyes are small passerine birds native to tropical and sub-tropical Africa, southern Asia, and Australasia. The birds of this group are mostly of undistinguished appearance, their plumage above being generally some dull color like greenish-olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast, or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. But as indicated by their scientific name, derived from the Ancient Greek for girdle-eye, there is a conspicuous ring around the eyes of many species. They have rounded wings and strong legs. The size ranges up to 15 cm (6 inches) in length. All the species of white-eyes are sociable, forming large flocks which only separate on the approach of the breeding season. Though mainly insectivorous, they eat nectar and fruits of various kinds.
  Golden white-eye, Cleptornis marchei  (Northern Mariana Islands) (ENM) CR
  Warbling white-eye, Zosterops japonicus (I) LC
  Bridled white-eye, Zosterops conspicullatus (Northern Mariana Islands; Extirpated from Guam) (ENM) EN
  Rota white-eye, Zosterops rotensis (Northern Mariana Islands) (ENM) CR
caption: Golden white-eye
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