The Mauritius grey white-eye (''Zosterops mauritianus'') is a species of bird in the family

Zosteropidae The white-eyes are a family, Zosteropidae, of small passerine birds native to tropical, subtropical and temperate Sub-Saharan Africa, southern and eastern Asia, and Australasia. White-eyes inhabit most tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, the ...

. It is one of two white-eye species

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to the island of

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It ...

, the other being the rare and localized Mauritius olive white-eye. It inhabits woodlands, forests, and gardens. The Réunion grey white-eye is very closely related. They were formerly considered conspecific and together called Mascarene white-eye.

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Mauritius Grey White-eye. Zosterops mauritianus - Flickr - gailhampshire (4).jpg, A pair at Ramgoolam Botanical Garden Mascarene Grey White-eye.jpg, At the Black River estuary Mauritius Grey White-eye. Zosterops mauritianus - Flickr - gailhampshire (3).jpg, View of the white tail coverts Mauritius Grey White-eye. Zosterops mauritianus - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg, Collecting nesting material Birds described in 1789 Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin Birds of Mauritius Zosterops Endemic fauna of Mauritius {{Zosteropidae-stub