Large-billed Gerygone
A species of Australasian Warblers Scientific name : Gerygone magnirostris Genus : Australasian Warblers
Large-billed Gerygone, A species of Australasian Warblers
Botanical name: Gerygone magnirostris
Genus: Australasian Warblers
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Description General Info
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Description
The large-billed gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae found in northern Australia and New Guinea.
Size
12 cm
Feeding Habits
Large-billed Gerygone primarily preys on spiders and insects including beetles, bugs, wasps, moths, and grasshoppers. Large-billed Gerygone is known for foraging alone or in small groups, adept at gleaning from foliage and sallying to the ground or hovering to catch prey from various surfaces.
Habitat
The large-billed Gerygone typically resides in mangrove ecosystems but also inhabits a variety of woodland areas including riparian and littoral zones, as well as paperbark, rainforest, and open eucalypt woodlands. While in North Western Australia large-billed Gerygone is mainly found in mangroves, its habitat range is broader in other regions, often encompassing riparian scrub, bamboo close to water, forest edges, and occasionally near human settlements in mango trees. Large-billed Gerygone is generally found in areas close to water sources.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Photo By Lip Kee Yap , used under CC-BY-SA-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Australasian warblers Genus
Australasian Warblers Species
Large-billed Gerygone