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| − | [[Image:Foresthoneyeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by joe cockram<br />Photo taken: Taveuni, Fiji .]] | + | [[Image:Foresthoneyeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''viridis''<br />Photo by {{user|joe_cockram|joe cockram}}<br />Photo taken: Taveuni, [[Fiji]].]] |
;[[:Category:Gymnomyza|Gymnomyza]] viridis | ;[[:Category:Gymnomyza|Gymnomyza]] viridis | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | The two subspecies differ in bill color. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Endemic to [[Fiji]] in the Pacific Ocean<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. | Endemic to [[Fiji]] in the Pacific Ocean<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Clements<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> accepts two subspecies: | Clements<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> accepts two subspecies: | ||
| − | * ''G. v. viridis'' on Taveuni and Vanua Levu | + | * ''G. v. viridis'' on Taveuni and Vanua Levu (yellow-billed) |
| − | * ''G. v. brunneirostris'' on Viti Levu | + | * ''G. v. brunneirostris'' on Viti Levu (brown-billed) |
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| + | Among birders, talk want these two to be split into two species; no studies have been published. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref-Clements6thNov08}} | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thNov08}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1567105 Thread] discussing the taxonomy of this species. |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Gymnomyza+viridis}} | {{GSearch|Gymnomyza+viridis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Gymnomyza]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Gymnomyza]] | ||
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- Gymnomyza viridis
Identification
The two subspecies differ in bill color.
Distribution
Endemic to Fiji in the Pacific Ocean1.
Taxonomy
Clements1 accepts two subspecies:
- G. v. viridis on Taveuni and Vanua Levu (yellow-billed)
- G. v. brunneirostris on Viti Levu (brown-billed)
Among birders, talk want these two to be split into two species; no studies have been published.
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
- Thread discussing the taxonomy of this species.
