Giant White-eye
Megazosterops palauensis(Reichenow, A, 1915)
English (US) Giant White-eye
The Giant White-eye (Megazosterops palauensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Zosteropidae (White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Palau Archipelago (Babelthuap, Urukthapel, and Peleliu)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megazosterops palauensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Giant White-eye
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1915)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cleptornis palauensis
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1915)
- Type locality
- Babelthuap, Palau.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 63, no.1 p.125
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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