Giant White-eye

Megazosterops palauensis

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicOmnivoreForestSmall · 31 g

When to see the Giant White-eye

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Giant White-eye

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Giant White-eye

The giant white-eye, or Palau greater white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is monotypic within the genus Megazosterops. 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.The Giant White-eye is 13-14cm large. It has a pale yellowish supercilium from the eye, widening backwards. Iris, greyish to dark brown. Narrow pale-yellow eye ring. Dark loral area leading to dark greying ear-coverts with pale yellow mottling.

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