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Photo by tcollins
Darwin, Australia

Gerygone magnirostris

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Asia, Australasia
Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Moluccas, Papuan Islands
Australasia: New Guinea, Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• G. m. conspicillata:

• North-western New Guinea (Vogelkop region)

• G. m. affinis:

• Northern New Guinea, Karkar, Manam and Yapen islands

• G. m. mimikae:

• Southern New Guinea (Onin Peninsula to Port Moresby area)

• G. m. brunneipectus:

• Aru Issland (New Guinea); Saibai and Boigu Isslands (Torres Strait)

• G. m. cobana:

• Waigeo, Batanta and Salawati islands (New Guinea)

• G. m. occasa:

• Kofiau I. (New Guinea)

• G. m. proxima:

• D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Fergusson and Goodenough)

• G. m. onerosa:

• Misima Island (Louisiade Archipelago)

• G. m. tagulana :

• Tagula Island (Louisiade Archipelago)

• G. m. rosseliana:

• Rossel Island (Louisiade Archipelago)

• G. m. magnirostris:

• Northern Australia (Kimberley to Arnhem Land and Melville Island)

• G. m. cairnsensis:

• North-eastern Queensland (islands of south Torres Strait south to about Sarina)

Race affinis
Photo by mehdhalaouate
Taja, Papua, September 2006

[edit] Habitat

Woodlands near water

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID