These small Passerine birds belong to the bird Genus Zosterops (meaning “eye-girdle”) which in turn belong to the family Zosteropidae.
Subspecies
- Genus Zosterops – typical white-eyes
- African White-eyes (White-eyes occurring in Africa, or on surrounding islands)
- White-eyes from Australia / Australasia
- Sri Lanka White-eye, Zosterops ceylonensis – South Asia
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye, Zosterops erythropleurus – Asia
- Oriental White-eye, Zosterops palpebrosus – Asia
- Japanese White-eye, Zosterops japonicus – Asia
- Borodino Islands White-Eye, Zosterops japonicus daitoensis
- Lowland White-eye, Zosterops meyeni – Asia
- Enggano White-eye, Zosterops salvadorii – Asia
- Bridled White-eye, Zosterops conspicillatus (possibly poly- or paraphyletic) – Western Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and the Philippines
- Guam Bridled White-eye, Zosterops (conspicillatus) conspicillatus (extinct: 1983)
- Rota Bridled White-eye, Zosterops rotensis (formerly in conspicillatus) – Western Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and the Philippines
- Plain White-eye, Zosterops hypolais – Western Pacific Ocean
- Caroline Islands White-eye or Citrine White-eye, Zosterops semperi – Western Pacific Ocean
- Black-capped White-eye, Zosterops atricapilla (formerly atricapillus) – Asia
- Everett’s White-eye, Zosterops everetti – Asia
- Yellowish White-eye, Zosterops nigrorum – Asia
- Mountain White-eye, Zosterops montanus – Asia
- Javan White-eye, Zosterops flavus – Asia
- Yellow-bellied White-eye or Lemon-bellied White-eye, Zosterops chloris – Asia
- Pearl-bellied White-eye, Zosterops grayi – Asia
- Golden-bellied White-eye, Zosterops uropygialis – Asia
- Sulawesi White-eye or Pale-bellied White-eye, Zosterops consobrinorum – Asia
- Black-ringed White-eye or Lemon-throated White-eye, Zosterops anomalus – Asia
- Yellow-spectacled White-eye or Yellow-ringed White-eye, Zosterops wallacei – Asia
- Black-crowned White-eye, Zosterops atrifrons – Asia
- Sulawesi Black-crowned White-eye, Zosterops (atrifrons) subatrifrons – Asia
- Sangihe White-eye, Zosterops nehrkorni (formerly in atrifrons) – Asia
- Seram White-eye, Zosterops stalkeri (formerly in atrifrons) – Asia
- Creamy-throated White-eye or Cream-throated White-eye, Zosterops atriceps – Asia
- Black-fronted White-eye, Zosterops minor (sometimes included in atrifrons) – Asia
- White-throated White-eye or Tagula White-eye, Zosterops meeki – Asia
- Black-headed White-eye or Bismarck White-eye, Zosterops hypoxanthus – Asia
- Biak White-eye, Zosterops mysorensis – Asia
- Capped White-eye, Zosterops fuscicapilla (formerly fuscicapillus) – Asia
- Buru Yellow White-eye or Buru White-eye, Zosterops buruensis – Asia
- Ambon Yellow White-eye or Ambon White-eye, Zosterops kuehni – Asia
- New Guinea White-eye or Papuan White-eye or New Guinea White-eye, Zosterops novaeguineae – Asia
- Louisiade White-eye, Zosterops griseotinctus – Asia
- Rennell White-eye or Rennell Islands White-eye, Zosterops rennellianus – Asia
- Banded White-eye or Belted White-eye, Zosterops vellalavella – Asia
- Ranongga White-eye, Zosterops splendidus – Asia
- Splendid White-eye or Yellow-billed White-eye or Ghizo White-eye, Zosterops luteirostris – Asia
- Solomon Islands White-eye or New Georgia White-eye, Zosterops kulambangrae – Asia
- Kulambangra White-eye or Hermit White-eye, Zosterops murphyi – Asia
- Yellow-throated White-eye, Zosterops metcalfii – Asia
- Grey-throated White-eye, Zosterops rendovae – Asia
- Malaita White-eye, Zosterops stresemanni – Asia
- Santa Cruz White-eye, Zosterops santaecrucis – Asia
- Fiji White-eye or Layard’s White-eye, Zosterops explorator – Melanesia
- Samoan White-eye, Zosterops samoensis – Polynesia
- Dusky White-eye, Zosterops finschii – Asia
- Grey-brown White-eye, Zosterops cinereus – Indonesia
- *Olive White-eye, Zosterops oleagineus (sometimes placed in Rukia, as R. oleaginea) – Asia
- Togian White-eye, Zosterops somadikartai (described in 2008) – Asia
- Wangi Wangi White-eye Zosterops sp. (discovered in 2003) – Asia
- Vanikoro White-eye Zosterops gibbsi (described in 2008) – Asia
