- Gerygone citrina
Identification
10 cm (4 in). A small, drab gerygone.
- Olive-green upperparts
- More olive-grey head with an indistinct narrow whitish fore supercilium and a thin broken eyering
- Olive-brown upperwing and tail
- Whitish throat and upper breast
- Sulphur-yellow flanks and belly, pale greyish rest of underparts
- Eye is whitish-yellow
Females are paler than males, juveniles have entirely yellowish underparts.
Distribution
Melanesia: Rennell (southeast Solomon Islands)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
This species was formerly included in Fan-tailed Gerygone.
Habitat
Variable, from sea level to hills and in forests to semiopen habitats.
Behaviour
Supposedly eats insects and other small invertebrates.
Vocalisation
Usually about four notes given as a staccato burst. This is incessantly repeated.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rennell Gerygone. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rennell_Gerygone
External Links
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