Reunion Olive White-eye

Two species of Reunion Olive White-eye are present on Reunion Island among the 84 species existing world-wide, both of them being endemic. This is the Reunion Olive White-eye which the locals refer to as the 'Zoizo Vert'. Indeed, it differs from the Grey-headed Reunion Olive White-eye in having a green colouration starting from the neck and spreading to the sides of the neck and back down to the tail. The remiges and rectrices are darker but have pale yellow-green edging that resemble the bird's upper side. The Reunion Olive White-eye is also called the Zoizo Lunette due to its bright, white orbital ring, shared by almost all members of the white-eye family. The forehead and lores are black, the postoculars are grey and the throat and chest are also grey. The flanks and lower abdomen are buff with yellow in the middle of the abdomen and the chin is yellow. Its eye iris is brown, the slender curved beak and legs are dark and there is no sexual dimorphism in this species. The juvenile has no white orbital ring.