Giant Honeyeater - BirdForum Opus

Alternative names: Yodeling Honeyeater³, Giant Green Honeyeater²

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

Gymnomyza viridis

Identification

The two subspecies differ in bill color.

Distribution

Endemic to Fiji in the Pacific Ocean¹.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

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

Rainforest

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes nectar, insects andcaterpillars.

References

1. 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/
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). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). 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)

• List of references

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

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