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Alternative names: Chatham Gerygone; Chatham Island Gerygone
- Gerygone albofrontata
Identification
12cm
Male
- Rust brown upperparts
- Lighter wings and rump
- Greyish-white underparts
- Greyish-white forehead, sides of head, breast
- Yellow tinge to flanks and belly
- Dusky brown eye streak and wings
- Red iris
- Blackish-brown bill and feet
Female: slightly smaller, no yellow tinge on the underparts
Distribution
Chatham Islands off New Zealand.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Temperate forest.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.15.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- nzetc.org
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Chatham Islands Gerygone. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chatham_Islands_Gerygone
External Links
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