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[[Image:Foresthoneyeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''viridis''<br />Photo by {{user|joe_cockram|joe cockram}}<br />Photo taken: Taveuni, [[Fiji]].]]
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'''Giant Honeyeater''' may refer to one of two species previously considered conspecific under the name '''Giant Honeyeater''' (''Gymnomyza viridis ''):
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==Identification==
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*'''[[Chattering Giant Honeyeater]]''' - ''Gymnomyza viridis''
The two subspecies differ in bill color.
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*'''[[Duetting Giant Honeyeater]]''' - ''Gymnomyza brunneirostris''
==Distribution==
 
Endemic to [[Fiji]] in the Pacific Ocean<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
Clements<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> 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==
 
#{{Ref-Clements6thNov08}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1567105 Thread] discussing the taxonomy of this species.
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Gymnomyza+viridis}}
 
 
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Gymnomyza]]
 

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Giant Honeyeater may refer to one of two species previously considered conspecific under the name Giant Honeyeater (Gymnomyza viridis ):

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