Mangrove Gerygone

About the Mangrove Gerygone

The mangrove gerygone is a species of bird in the Australian warbler family Acanthizidae. The species is also known as the mangrove warbler. The species is thought to form a superspecies with the closely related fan-tailed gerygone of Melanesia and the Australian western gerygone. There are three subspecies of mangrove gerygone, G. l. pallida, found in southern New Guinea, the nominate race G. l. levigaster, which is found from coastal Western Australia to coastal north Queensland and is known as Buff-breasted Flyeater, and G. l. cantator, which is found from coastal Queensland to New South Wales. The species is uncommon in New Guinea and has suffered some declines due to mangrove…

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Where the Mangrove Gerygone lives

When to see the Mangrove Gerygone

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

Easily confused with

Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphureaThe golden-bellied gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. Fairy GerygoneGerygone palpebrosaAdult birds have olive upperparts and yellow underparts, brownish tails, short black bills and legs, and red eyes. Western GerygoneGerygone fuscaThe western gerygone has plain, brownish-grey upperparts, with no prominent wing markings.