Biak Gerygone
Gerygone hypoxantha
A small bird of wooded habitats on Biak Island. Olive-brown back, gray head, pale yellow belly and broken white eye-ring. Forages actively in the mid-story in pairs or in mixed species flocks. Similar to the Biak race of Island Leaf-Warbler, but Biak Gerygone has black rather than orange lower bill and legs. Gives a messy, up-and-down, out-of-tune, whistled song mixed with a few scratchy notes.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Gerygone hypoxantha
- Authority
- Salvadori, 1878
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Acanthizidae
- Genus
- Gerygone
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
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