[1] The western silvereye is found in Southwest Australia with its range extending northwards to the vicinity of Shark Bay and Carnarvon, and rarely in winter as far as Point Cloates and the De Grey River.

[2] The specific (or subspecific) name gouldi Bonaparte, 1850, was previously applied to the bird on the mistaken presumption that chloronotus Gould, 1841 was a junior secondary homonym of Dicaeum chloronothos Viellot, 1817 in Zosterops.

[2] Of the general behaviour of the western silvereye, Serventy and Whittell say: ”This is perhaps the commonest small bird in the Perth area and over much of the South-West.

After the nesting season, by January, the birds gather into foraging flocks, which are noisily on the move until the pairs separate out again next spring.

In the city and suburbs they play the role of the Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in the eastern States, or the tits (Parus) in Europe, visiting gardens, shrubberies and even the backyard fowl-run.”[1]The western silvereye usually builds a suspended cup-shaped nest of grasses in a shrub or tree.

[4] In summer when their natural food supplies are scarce, they flock to vineyards and orchards and damage grapes and other soft fruits.