Giant white-eye
Photographed on Peleliu
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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

This Zosteropidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e