Enamel lapel badge of a Tauhou stylised as a stamp. On a black coat over a white shirt.

Wearing my Tauhou lapel badge with pride! Vote Tauhou #1 then use your other votes to console birds without the Cleopatra eye makeup look.

Thanks to @pepperraccoon.com for the badge!

@karagod.bsky.social #boty #tauhou #waxeye

Two tauhou / waxeye on a feeder. Red syrup, green background

Massive support for you in Pae Tū Mōkai Featherston! #tauhou #boty

I have put my hand up to be Bird of the year campaign manager for sassy wee tauhou..
#birdoftheyear #tauhoubirdoftheyear2025 #boty2025 #silvereye #waxeye #tauhou

Silvereye (Subspecies Zosterops lateralis lateralis) Tasmanian Silvereye from Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand on August 11, 2025 at 08:11 AM by Jon Sullivan. Winter tauhou activity at our sugar water feeder. They often empty it in about an hour.

I just posted an animated gif to #iNaturalist of the hoard of silvereyes (tauhou) that visit our sugar water feeders every morning. So many little sugar junkies.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/308562364

#Zosterops #silvereye #tauhou #nz #SugarWaterFeeder #birds

🌏 Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) The silvereye or wax-eye, also known by its Māori name tauhou, is a small (11-13 cm) bird, readily identified by a prominent white ring of feathers around its eye. Plumage varies by subspecies but generally features olive-green upperparts and lighter underparts (cream, grey, or yellowish) with flanks ranging from chestnut to pale buff. Native to Australia, New Zealand, and southwestern Pacific islands, it's common in most vegetated areas except open grasslands, including forests, scrub, and urban gardens. Silvereyes are active, social birds, often forming flocks outside the breeding season. They are omnivorous, feeding on insects, spiders, berries, fruit, and nectar. Many Australian populations undertake significant nocturnal migrations, including astonishing sea crossings, especially northward in autumn for winter. They build cup-shaped nests and raise multiple broods. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Seventeen subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by pen_ash via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/silvereye-white-eye-wax-eye-9518728/ GRER

🌏 Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) #AustralasianBirds #AustralianBirds #NewZealandBirds #MelanesianBirds | #Silvereye #WaxEye #Tauhou #ZosteropsLateralis | #Silvereyes #TypicalWhiteEyes #WhiteEyes #WhiteEyeFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by pen_ash🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

Wax eye- Tauhou, these little guys come down from the mountains in the winter and form flocks in the city. I feed them sugar water and they repay me by cleaning up any grubs and insects in the garden.
#photography #birds #newzealand #sonycamera #tauhou #christchurchphotographer #backyardbirds

A little green bird with a silver ring around its eye is perched in the top of a fig tree, deciding which of the plump ripe fruits it is going to despoil.

Portrait of a fig thief

#tauhou #waxeye #silvereye

A cheeky waxeye or tauhou, caught in the act of fig thievery, looks the photographer in the eye and challenges ownership.

What's yours is mine...

#tauhou #fig #mrswilliams

A small olive green bird with white rings around its eyes is sitting on a shrub.

Haven't been on the bird site for a while, so let's give this a go.
Pictured, a much friendlier bird, the tauhou or wax-eye. One of the best things on the days I work from home is being able to watch the tauhou on the shrub outside my office window.

#tauhou #newzealand #nzbirds

Approximately 8 Tauhou, also known as Silvereye or Wax-eye, are drinking from a teal ceramic saucer that is on a wooden balcony. Behind them is a bushy olive tree

Silvereyes looooove nectar. I've also started putting out chopped up apples and oranges for them

#birds #birdsnz #silvereye #tauhou