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[[Image:Foresthoneyeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''viridis''<br />Photo by {{user|joe_cockram|joe cockram}}<br />Taveuni, [[Fiji]], September 2006]] | [[Image:Foresthoneyeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''viridis''<br />Photo by {{user|joe_cockram|joe cockram}}<br />Taveuni, [[Fiji]], September 2006]] | ||
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;[[:Category:Gymnomyza|Gymnomyza]] viridis | ;[[:Category:Gymnomyza|Gymnomyza]] viridis | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Latest revision as of 06:50, 9 May 2015
Alternative name: Yellow-billed Honeyeater
- Gymnomyza viridis
Identification
Has a yellow bill (compared with brown bill of Duetting Giant Honeyeater.
Distribution
Endemic to Taveuni and Vanua Levu Fiji in the Pacific Ocean1.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Has been considered conspecific with Duetting Giant Honeyeater.
Habitat
Rainforest
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes nectar, insects andcaterpillars.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Thread discussing the taxonomy of this species.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chattering Giant Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chattering_Giant_Honeyeater
