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Subspecies viridis
Photo by joe cockram
Photo taken: Taveuni, Fiji.
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

  1. 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.
  2. Thread discussing the taxonomy of this species.

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