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ForestDomed nestTiny · 7 g
ID tip
Adult birds have olive upperparts and yellow underparts, brownish tails, short black bills and legs, and red eyes. The male has a black throat. The subspecies flavida can be distinguished from subspecies personata by the white tip of its tail.
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When to see the Fairy Gerygone
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Fairy Gerygone
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Fairy Gerygone
The fairy gerygone, previously known as the fairy warbler, is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae native to New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.
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Easily confused with
Large-billed GerygoneGerygone magnirostrisThe large-billed gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae found in northern Australia and New Guinea.
Green-backed GerygoneGerygone chloronotaThe green-backed gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae found in northern Australia and New Guinea.
Plain GerygoneGerygone inornataThe plain gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae.
Side by side: Fairy Gerygone vs Western Gerygone
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