Biology:Giant white-eye

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Short description: Species of bird

Giant white-eye
Giant White-eye Palau Greater White-eye Megazosterops palauensis photographed on Peleliu on 08 June 2013 by Devon Pike.jpg
Photographed on Peleliu
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Megazosterops
Stresemann, 1930
Species:
M. palauensis
Binomial name
Megazosterops palauensis
(Reichenow, 1915)

The giant white-eye, or Palau greater white-eye (Megazosterops palauensis) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is monotypic within the genus Megazosterops.[2] It is endemic to Palau, where its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. The species is currently classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN due to likely habitat loss and the possibility of the establishment of the invasive brown tree snake on the island.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2676079 entry