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Green-backed Gerygone

Gerygone chloronota

Least ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestTiny · 7 g
Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota), photo 1
Photo: Alan Bell · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota), photo 2
Photo: Mark Clarke · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota), photo 3
Photo: Mark Clarke · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota), photo 4
Photo: Broinowski, Gracius J. · Public domain
Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota), photo 5
Photo: Broinowski, Gracius J. · Public domain
Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota), photo 6
Photo: Alan Bell · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota), photo 7
Photo: William Matthew Hart · Public domain
Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota), photo 8
Photo: Mark Clarke · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota), photo 9
Photo: Mark Clarke · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota), photo 10
Photo: Mark Clarke · CC BY 4.0

About the Green-backed Gerygone

The green-backed gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae found in northern Australia and New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

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Where the Green-backed Gerygone lives

Regular range
Australia Papua New Guinea Indonesia

When to see the Green-backed Gerygone

Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Plain Gerygone (Gerygone inornata) Plain GerygoneGerygone inornataThe plain gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. Brown-breasted Gerygone (Gerygone ruficollis) Brown-breasted GerygoneGerygone ruficollisThe brown-breasted gerygone or treefern gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. Yellow-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone chrysogaster) Yellow-bellied GerygoneGerygone chrysogasterThe Yellow-Bellied Gerygone is 10cm with brownish-olive color with a white belly.

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