Brown-breasted Gerygone - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by mehdhalaouate
Arfak Mountains, New Guinea, September 2009

Gerygone ruficollis

Distribution

Asia and Australasia: Southeast Asia: Indonesia
Australasia: Island of New Guinea (endemic), Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

• G. r. ruficollis :

• Western New Guinea (Arfak Mountains)

• G. r. insperata:

• New Guinea (Central Highlands to Owen Stanley Mountains and Huon Peninsula)

Habitat

Highland forests; observed at 1700m above sea level

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown-breasted Gerygone. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-breasted_Gerygone

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