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Revision as of 08:56, 13 August 2014

Alternative names: Yodeling Honeyeater3, Giant Green Honeyeater2

Subspecies viridis
Photo by joe cockram
Taveuni, Fiji, September 2006
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

  1. 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/
  2. 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
  3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  4. Thread discussing the taxonomy of this species.
  5. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)

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