Wild Australia

Essential highlights

Reaching a weight of just 10g, silvereyes are among Australia’s smallest birds. They’re found across southern and eastern Australia and elsewhere in the south-west Pacif ic: there’s even an endemic subspecies on Lord Howe Island (pictured left).

Each autumn part of Tasmania’s population makes a massive migration across Bass Strait, with some of these tiny creatures reaching as far as southern Queensland. Not all populations migrate and it remains unclear why some Tasmanian birds do.