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title: "Kapbrillenvogel"
description: "Zosterops virens — Vögel. The Cape white-eye (Zosterops virens) is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/cape-white-eye
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kapbrillenvogel

> Zosterops virens — Vögel. The Cape white-eye (Zosterops virens) is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family.

- Scientific name: *Zosterops virens*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `urban` (Stadt & Garten)
- iNaturalist observations: 6169
- Wikidata: [Q12269418](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12269418)
- iNaturalist taxon: [472770](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/472770)

## Names

- en: Cape White-eye
- de: Kapbrillenvogel
- es: Anteojitos de El Cabo
- fr: Zostérops du Cap
- nl: Kaapse brilvogel
- pl: Szlarnik przylądkowy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (5833), SZ (27), LS (9), BW (8)

## Summary

The Cape white-eye (Zosterops virens) is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is native to southern Africa. It is commonly found in suburbia, parks and gardens, besides a variety of mesic to well-watered habitats.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_white-eye

## Photo

![Kapbrillenvogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-white-eye/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216884779

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cape-white-eye?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).