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Zosterops lateralis · Family Zosteropidae

Zosterops lateralis

Family Zosteropidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Zosteropidae
GBIF occurrence records
1,351,361
Countries and territories with records
14
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About this species

This species has 1,351,361 occurrence records from 14 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Australia (76.4%) and New Zealand (22.9%); together they account for 99.3% of the total. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.94% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Zosterops lateralis combines the genus name Zosterops with the species epithet lateralis. The Warbla app catalog lists 93 species of the genus Zosterops; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Zosterops simplex, Zosterops palpebrosus and Zosterops virens.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 129 species of the family Zosteropidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 48 times the family average (28,156). The family Zosteropidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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