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Giant White-eye
Megazosterops palauensis (Reichenow, 1915)
The Giant White-eye, or Palau Greater White-eye, (Megazosterops palauensis) is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Megazosterops. It is endemic to Palau. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Zosteropidae
Genus:
Megazosterops
Scientific:
Megazosterops palauensis
Citation:
(Reichenow, 1915)
Reference:
J.Orn. 63 p.125
Protonym:
Cleptornis palauensis
Avibase ID:
B1C8FC63D261F7CB
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B1C8FC63
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 915830
NEAR THREATENED
Geographic range:
- Megazosterops palauensis: Palau Archipelago (Babelthuap, Urukthapel and Peleliu)
Source: Clements checklist
Giant White-eye
Czech:
kruhoočko palauské
German:
Bronzebrillenvogel
Danish:
Stor Brillefugl
Spanish:
Anteojitos de las Palaos
Finnish:
palaunrilli
French:
Zostérops des Palau
Italian:
Occhialino gigante
Japanese:
onimejiro
Japanese:
オニメジロ
Dutch:
Reuzenbrilvogel
Norwegian:
Storbrillefugl
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Storbrillefugl
Polish:
okularowiec oliwkowy
Russian:
Бронзовая рукия
Slovak:
okánik divnohlasý
Swedish:
jätteglasögonfågel
Ukrainian:
Рукія палауська
Chinese:
帕劳绣眼鸟
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Zostérops des Palau ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Zostérops des Palau ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 1st edition: Palau White-eye ( Rukia palauensis) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Palau White-eye ( Rukia palauensis) |
| Clements 4th edition: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 6th edition: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements, version 2015: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements, version 2016: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements, version 2017: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements, version 2018: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Clements, version 2019: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| eBird version 1.50: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| eBird version 1.52: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| eBird version 1.53: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| eBird version 1.54: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| eBird version 1.55: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| eBird version 2015: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| eBird version 2016: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| eBird version 2017: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| eBird version 2018: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| eBird version 2019: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Palau White-eye ( Rukia palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Palau White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Giant White-eye ( Rukia palauensis) |
| James Lee Peters: Rukia palauensis |
| James Lee Peters (original): Rukia palauensis |
| James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Rukia palauensis |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Giant White-eye ( Megazosterops palauensis) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Rukia palauensis |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Megazosterops palauensis |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
Catalan: zostèrops de les illes Palau
Czech: Kruhoocko palauské, kruhoočko palauské
Danish: Stor Brillefugl
German: Bronzebrillenvogel, Bronze-Brillenvogel
English: Giant White eye, Giant White-eye, Large Palau White-eye, Palau Greater White-eye, Palau White-eye
English (IOC): Giant White-eye
Spanish: Anteojitos de las Palaos, Anteojitos de Palaos, Ojiblanco Palú
Spanish (Spain): Anteojitos de las Palaos
Spanish (HBW): Giant White-eye
Finnish: palaunrilli, Palausaartenrilli
French: Zostérops des Palau, Zostérops géant
Hungarian: palau-szigeteki pápaszemesmadár
Italian: Occhialino di Palau, Occhialino gigante
Japanese: onimejiro
Japanese: オニメジロ, オニメヂロ
Scientific: Cleptornis palauensis, Megazosterops palauensis, Rukia palauensis
Lithuanian: Palaujinis baltavokis
Dutch: Reuzenbrilvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Storbrillefugl
Norwegian: Storbrillefugl
Palauan: Charmbedel
Polish: okularowiec oliwkowy, oliwniak
Russian: Бронзовая рукия
Slovak: okánik divnohlasý
Swedish: jätteglasögonfågel, Större glasögonfågel
Ukrainian: Рукія палауська
Chinese: 帕劳绣眼鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 巨繡眼鳥
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