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Includes Black-headed Gerygone
- Gerygone palpebrosa
Identification
Distribution
Queensland in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia (provinces Papua and West Papua).
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Six subspecies are recognized[1]:
- G. p. palpebrosa:
- North-western New Guinea, Aru, Waigeo, Misool and Salawati islands
- G. p. wahnesi:
- Yapen Island and northern New Guinea
- G. p. inconspicua:
- South-eastern New Guinea (west to upper Fly River)
- G. p. tarara:
- Southern New Guinea (Moorhead River to mouth of Fly River)
- G. p. personata:
- Northern Queensland (Cape York Peninsula)
- G. p. flavida:
- Eastern Queensland (Burdekin River to about Maryborough)
The last subspecies (G. p. flavida) has in the past been considered a full species, and did then carry the common name of Fairy Gerygone; the remainder of the subspecies were known as Black-headed Gerygone.
Habitat
Coastal Woodland.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fairy Gerygone. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fairy_Gerygone