![Tiny bird sitting on a horizontal flax spear.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/98465/2023/d1c62b68a3.jpg)
In winter we put out a bird feeder and the Tauhou | Waxeye love it. They're total tiny clowns with a goofy look.
Length: 12 cm; Weight: 13 g
Similar species: Bellbird | Korimako
A small songbird with olive-green upperparts, grey hindneck, neck-sides and upper back, dark olive green tail, whitish-cream underparts on the throat and upper breast, creamy grey on the belly and undertail, pinkish-buff flanks, white thighs, and creamy-white on the underside of the wings. Both eyes have a silvery-white ring and dark reddish-brown iris, and the bill and legs are dark brown-black.
![Small bird looks straight at the camera with forward facing eyes making it look goofy.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/98465/2023/1b051cbfe9.jpg)
![Two small birds mid-air with wings spread as one chases the other away.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/98465/2023/f22c5380fb.jpg)
![Small bird hanging upside down from the bottom of a wire food cage.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/98465/2023/72d1c9c5e9.jpg)