Yellow-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone chrysogaster) [XC557677]
by Ken Behrens from Nena River, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (call, song, song\/calls)
Yellow-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone chrysogaster) [XC279349]
by Frank Lambert from \, Papua New Guinea (call)
Subspecies
Proposed species Gerygone ruficauda, supposedly from north-eastern Australia ("Thirteen Mile River", in eastern Queensland), was based on incorrectly labelled specimens of present species discoloured (faded) by preservative spirit.
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
neglecta Wallace, 1865 - Northern West Papuan Is (Waigeo I), in north-western New Guinea.
notata Salvadori, 1878 - Central and southern West Papuan Is (islands of Batanta and Misool) and north-western New Guinea (Vogelkop).
dohertyi Rothschild and E. J. O. Hartert, 1903 - South-western New Guinea (Onin Peninsula east to Triton Bay).
leucothorax Mayr, 1940 - Lowlands of Geelvink Bay region (western New Guinea).
chrysogaster Gray, 1858 - Yapen I (in Geelvink Bay), north, southern and south-eastern New Guinea, and Aru Is.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet