Zosterops luteus
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The canary white-eye or yellow white-eye (Zosterops luteus) is a species of white-eye endemic to northern Australia in subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Its common name reflects the circle of white feathers around its eye.
Zosterops luteus is a small white-eye with a bright olive back and yellow underparts and lores. It has a characteristic ring of silver-white feathers around its eyes, with a dark loral stripe. It is a nectar feeder with a short, sharp beak and a brush-tipped tongue similar to the honeyeaters.
The bird is 100–110 mm long, with a wingspan of 52–59 mm, a bill of 13-16mm and weighs between 6.5 and 11.0 grams. The canary white-eye or yellow white-eye is a member of the family Zosteropidae, known as white-eyes, or silver-eyes. Their distribution includes Africa, south and east Asia, Australia, and many islands in the Indian and west Pacific Oceans.
The lectotype for this species is ANSP 18264, an adult male collected at Port Essington in the Northern Territory and held in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia. There is also a paralectotype ANSP 18265, another adult male collected from... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Range | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Yellow White-eye sighting in Cape Range on a given day, based on 82 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 84 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Yellow White-eye in Cape Range on a given day, against about 20% in May, October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Cape Range's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 55 mm in June. February has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Australian Yellow White-eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Australian Yellow White-eye sightings, Cape Range has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Ningaloo Marine Park (Australia, about 30%) and Kakadu National Park (Australia, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Australian Yellow White-eye that you can see in Cape Range (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Pied Butcherbird (about 70%), Singing Honeyeater (about 60%) and Western Bowerbird (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Australian Yellow White-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Cape Range (82 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
