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Waxeye

Genus:  Zosterops Lateralis

Size:  12cm
 
Notes:  Likely to have arrived in New Zealand in 1856. Feeds on insects and fruit but also drinks nectar. Nests are built on the ends of branches one to nine metres above the ground. Three to four eggs are laid from August to February.
 



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