Is this a Fairy Gerygone (Queensland, Australia) (1 Viewer)

[arthurgrosset]

I'm trying to id this bird and the closest I can get is Fairy Gerygone but it doesn't look exactly the same as most photos I have seen. Taken near Kuranda, Queensland so, if it is Fairy Gerygone, it would be in the intergradation zone between G. p. personata and G. p. flavida.

 

[nrg800]

Haven't had experience with any of the birds it could be, so don't take my word, But to me it looks like a Female Fairy Gerygone, so, your on the button. I thought Lemon-bellied Flycatcher first, but ruled it out on the grounds of Jizz and eye.

-Nathan!

 

[chowchilla]

Deffo Fairy Gerygone. They often look more washed out than the book illustrations. They're a very common bird around Kuranda. Very likely a female. The main confusion species would be a young White-throated, but young White-throateds have a yellow throat (ironically).

 

[arthurgrosset]

Thanks Nathan and Chowchilla.