Kirk's white-eye

Weight

8.87 g – 10.9 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

2.4src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The kirk's white-eye is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyZosteropidae
6. genusZosterops
7. SpeciesZosterops kirki Shelley, 1880

Synonyms Zosterops maderaspatana kirki, Zosterops senegalensis kirki

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Indian white-eye

Zosterops palpebrosus

Zosteropidae

LC, Least Concern

S

Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis

ZosteropidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

Warbling white-eye

Zosterops japonicus

Zosteropidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Mauritius olive white-eye

Zosterops chloronothos

Zosteropidae

LC, Least Concern

Chestnut-flanked white-eye

Zosterops erythropleurus

Zosteropidae

EX, Extinct

White-chested white-eye

Zosterops albogularis

Zosteropidae

CompareKirk's white-eye vs Indian white-eyeKirk's white-eye vs SilvereyeKirk's white-eye vs Warbling white-eyeKirk's white-eye vs Mauritius olive white-eye

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@misc{kirks_white_eye_2026,
  title = {Kirk's white-eye (Zosterops kirki)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kirks-white-eye},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}