banyak anggotanya yang bersifat endemik di suatu pulau atau kepulauan, seperti jenis yang baru ditemukan tahun 2007 di kepulauan togian, sulawesi tengah.
burung baru ditemukan di kep. togian berita dari mediaindonesia daring.
penampilan anggotanya sangat "biasa", tidak ada ciri mencolok, kecuali adanya segaris lingkaran di sekitar mata.
sayapnya melingkar dan memiliki kaki yang kuat.
ukurannya kecil, hingga sepanjang 15cm.
warna bulu biasanya hijau kelabu, tetapi ada jenisnya yang memiliki bulu leher dan perut berwarna putih atau kuning.
semua anggotanya senang berkelompok, terbang dalam kawanan.
dalam musim kawin, mereka membangun sarang di pohon dengan telur biru pucat 2-4 butir.
menu utamanya serangga dan buah-buah kecil, serta nektar.
di australia bahkan ada yang menjadi hama di perkebunan anggur karena bertengger di tangkai dan melukai tanaman.
genus zosterops - typical white-eyes (some 75 species, 1-3 recently extinct; polyphyletic)
genus rukia - eastern carolines white-eyes
long-billed white-eye, rukia longirostra
truk white-eye, rukia ruki
golden white-eye, cleptornis marchei
rufescent white-eye, tephrozosterops stalkeri
rufous-throated white-eye, madanga ruficollis
pygmy white-eye, oculocincta squamifrons
thick-billed white-eye, heleia crassirostris
spot-breasted white-eye, heleia muelleri
mountain blackeye, chlorocharis emiliae
sanford's white-eye, woodfordia lacertosa
bare-eyed white-eye, woodfordia superciliosa
genus megazosterops - sometimes placed in rukia
giant white-eye, megazosterops palauensis
cinnamon ibon, hypocryptadius cinnamomeus
genus apalopteron - bonin white-eye (formerly "bonin honeyeater")
genus yuhina - yuhinas
genus yuhina - yuhinas (found to be polyphyletic and now split into five genera)
white-collared yuhina, yuhina diademata
white-naped yuhina, yuhina bakeri
whiskered yuhina, yuhina flavicollis
burmese yuhina, yuhina humilis
stripe-throated yuhina, yuhina gularis
rufous-vented yuhina, yuhina occipitalis
taiwan yuhina, yuhina brunneiceps
black-chinned yuhina, yuhina nigrimenta
striated yuhina, staphida castaniceps
chestnut-collared yuhina, staphida torqueola
chestnut-crested yuhina, staphida everetti
genus dasycrotapha - formerly in stachyris; tentatively placed here
flame-templed babbler, dasycrotapha speciosa
genus sterrhoptilus - formerly in stachyris; tentatively placed here
mindanao pygmy babbler (or yuhina), sterrhoptilus plateni
visayan pygmy babbler (or yuhina), sterrhoptilus pygmaeus
golden-crowned babbler (or yuhina), sterrhoptilus dennistouni
black-crowned babbler (or yuhina), sterrhoptilus nigrocapitata
rusty-crowned babbler (or yuhina), sterrhoptilus capitalis
genus zosterornis - formerly in stachyris; tentatively placed here
chestnut-faced babbler (or yuhina), zosterornis whiteheadi
luzon striped babbler (or yuhina), zosterornis striatus
panay striped babbler (or yuhina), zosterornis latistriatus
negros striped babbler (or yuhina), zosterornis nigrorum
palawan striped babbler (or yuhina), zosterornis hypogrammicus
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