Brown Gerygone - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Neil Fifer
Sydney, Australia, February 2004

Gerygone mouki

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

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

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)

Habitat

Thick bushes in mountain and coastal rainforest and mangroves.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Breeding

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

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

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Brown Gerygone. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown_Gerygone

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