The green-backed white-eye (Zosterops xanthochroa) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae.

This speculative proposal is based upon the shared yellow underparts and their living in the same general region.

It is primarily a bird of primary rainforest, from sea level up, although it becomes rare above 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).

They will form feeding flocks after the breeding season, which may increase in size as the months pass.

The species builds a nest of rootlets, hair, feathers, and cobwebs in the fork of a branch of a tree or shrub.