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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]] | ||
;[[:Category:Gymnomyza|Gymnomyza]] viridis | ;[[:Category:Gymnomyza|Gymnomyza]] viridis | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
The two subspecies differ in bill color. | The two subspecies differ in bill color. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| − | * ''G. v. viridis'' on Taveuni and Vanua Levu (yellow-billed) | + | * ''G. v. viridis'' on Taveuni and Vanua Levu (yellow-billed) - Chattering Giant Honeyeater |
| − | * ''G. v. brunneirostris'' on Viti Levu (brown-billed) | + | * ''G. v. brunneirostris'' on Viti Levu (brown-billed) - Duetting Giant Honeyeater |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Rainforest | Rainforest | ||
Revision as of 18:46, 11 August 2014
Alternative names: Yodeling Honeyeater3, Giant Green Honeyeater2
- Gymnomyza viridis
Includes Chattering Giant Honeyeater, Duetting Giant Honeyeater
Identification
The two subspecies differ in bill color.
Distribution
Endemic to Fiji in the Pacific Ocean1.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Two subspecies recognized which are split into two species by Clements:
- G. v. viridis on Taveuni and Vanua Levu (yellow-billed) - Chattering Giant Honeyeater
- G. v. brunneirostris on Viti Levu (brown-billed) - Duetting Giant Honeyeater
Habitat
Rainforest
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes nectar, insects andcaterpillars.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. 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). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). 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) Giant Honeyeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Giant_Honeyeater
