Find a WuHoo At Home... Have you noticed Silvereyes / Waxeye in your garden? What do you know about them?
This small bird has olive-green plumage with a white circle around the eyes. Slightly smaller than a sparrow. It’s a self-introduced bird from Australia and is protected as a native New Zealand species. Males have slightly brighter plumage than females. They have a fine tapered bill and a brush tipped tongue like the tui and bellbird. It mainly eat insects, fruit and nectar. The silvereye was first recorded in New Zealand in 1832 and since there is no evidence that it was artificially introduced, it is classified as a native species.