What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Reunion White-eye been recorded?

Zosterops olivaceus occurrence evidence comes from 43 records in 2 countries and territories, from 1964 to 2025. Most records come from Réunion.

Reunion White-eye
Reunion White-eye — Photo (display-sized rendition): Joss12000 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesZosteropidaeZosterops

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

43 records across 2 countries and territories, 1964–2025.

Zosterops olivaceus · GBIF taxon key 2489386

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: November.

3 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19642025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Reunion White-eye has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Reunion White-eye. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Réunion 33
Mauritius 10

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.