Yellow-billed giant honeyeater
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| Species: | G. viridis
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| Gymnomyza viridis (Layard, 1875)
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The yellow-billed honeyeater, or yodeling giant honeyeater (Gymnomyza viridis) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Fiji.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It occurs on the Vanua Levu and Taveuni islands. It was considered conspecific with the giant honeyeater. Both showed both phenotypic and behavioural differences. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that they also differed significantly in their mitochondrial DNA sequences and suggested that G. v. brunneirostris should be promoted to the species level. The International Ornithologists' Union accepted these proposals and introduced the name "yellow-billed honeyeater" for G. viridis and "giant honeyeater" for G. brunneirostris.[2][3]
References
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- ^ Andersen, M.J.; Naikatini, A.; Moyle, R.C. (2014). "A molecular phylogeny of Pacific honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) reveals extensive paraphyly and an isolated Polynesian radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 71: 308–315. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.014.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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