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Photo by Neil Fifer
Sydney, Australia, February 2004

Gerygone mouki

[edit] Identification

• Olive-grey or brown upperparts
• Pale grey face and underparts
• Brown flanks
• White eyebrow
• Red-brown iris
• Tail: white-tipped tail with a dark band

[edit] Distribution

East coast of Australia: found in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

• G. m. mouki:

• North-eastern Queensland (Cooktown to Paluma Range)

• G. m. amalia:

• Eastern Queensland (Mackay to Bowen)

• G. m. richmondi:

• South-eastern Australia (east-central Queensland to north-eastern Victoria)

[edit] Habitat

Thick bushes in mountain and coastal rainforest and mangroves.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[edit] Breeding

The nest is a rounded dome made from roots, plants, moss and spider web. Both parents feed the young.

[edit] 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. Birds in Backyards

• List of references

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