Scientific name Gerygone Higher classification Pardalotidae Order Passerine | Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Golden‑bellied gerygone, Brown gerygone, Large‑billed gerygone, White‑throated gerygone, Western gerygone | ||
White throated gerygone bird watching in australia with ej birdwatching
Gerygone, the gerygones or peep-warblers, is a genus of bird in the Acanthizidae family. The genus ranges from Southeast Asia through New Guinea and Australia to New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. Most of the Species are found in Australia and New Guinea; only one, the golden-bellied gerygone, has managed to cross Wallace's Line and colonise as far as Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines.
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- White throated gerygone bird watching in australia with ej birdwatching
- Brown thornbill followed by brown gerygone
- References
Gerygones are insectivores which obtain most of their food by gleaning and snatching in the foliage of trees and bushes. They are small, mostly weighing an average of 6–7 g, and show little variation in size across their range, except for the insular Chatham gerygone, which is nearly twice as large as the rest of the genus.
Their songs are described as "simple but delightful", many descending in pitch, and some species are excellent mimics. "Gerygone" means "born of sound" (Magrath 2003).
The genus contains the following species:
Brown thornbill followed by brown gerygone
