Silvereye

Zosterops is from the Greek words zoster, meaning belt, and ops, meaning face. Lateralis is a Latin word meaning sided.

Boang (bore’ang).

Widespread in much of west, south and eastern Australia.

Up to 13 centimetres long with a 17 centimetre wingspan.

The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 2,679 km. The bird travelled this distance in approximately 6 weeks. The oldest bird recorded was still alive when its band was read in December 1999, 18 years 7.8 months after being banded (information as at 23 June 2012).

The photographs for this species were not taken in the reserves of interest to the FQPB.

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.

What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978

Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fe0d4e5e-6bd5-4e46-a77c-00e8cec73410