Gymnomyza
Encyclopedia
Gymnomyza is a genus
of birds, in the honeyeater
family
Meliphagidae, which are restricted to a few islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean
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There are three species.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of birds, in the honeyeater
Honeyeater
The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, but also found in New Zealand, the Pacific islands as far east as Samoa and Tonga, and the islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacea...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Meliphagidae, which are restricted to a few islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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There are three species.
- Crow HoneyeaterCrow HoneyeaterThe Crow Honeyeater is a very large honeyeater with orange facial wattles. It superficially resembles a crow with its glossy black plumage. Crow Honeyeaters have long rounded wings and a long tail and neck. Their bill is long and bicolored- yellow below, black above...
(Gymnomyza aubryana) - MaoMao (bird)The Mao is a passerine bird belonging to the genus Gymnomyza in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is an endangered species and is endemic to the Samoan Islands. Little is known about its feeding and breeding habits....
(Gymnomyza samoensis) - Giant Forest HoneyeaterGiant Forest HoneyeaterThe Giant Forest Honeyeater 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 montanes....
(Gymnomyza viridis)