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Biak Gerygone - BirdForum Opus

Gerygone hypoxantha

Identification

10 cm

  • Greyish-brown upperparts
  • Broken whitish eye ring
  • White lores

Distribution

Biak Island (off north-western New Guinea), Indonesia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Lowland forests, forest edges and woodland.

Behaviour

Terrestrial.

Diet

They are insectivorous, but little detail available.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2015)
  3. Wikipedia

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External Links

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