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 NT    Norfolk Island Gerygone* Id (Atlas): 958
    Gerygone modesta Endemic

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Norfolk Gerygone, Norfolk Island Gerygone, Norfolk Flyeater, Norfolk Island Flyeater, Ashy-fronted Gerygone, Ashy-fronted Warbler, Ashy-fronted Hummingbird

Family
Acanthizidae (Thornbills)

Size
10 - 11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Pelzeln, 1860

Derivation
Gë-ryg'-on-e - Gk, gerygone, born of sound: mod-est'-us - L., modest

Abundance (Guide)
C

Common.

Habitat
Forests, pastures with trees and gardens.

Range (Guide)
Norfolk Island (B) (NB).

Image of Range of Norfolk Island Gerygone
Norfolk I (including vegetated northern islets), east of Australia.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 3,000 (2010) and stable.

Status NT
Habitat destruction through clearing is the main threat.

Vulnerable because limited range.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Insects.

Voice
Weaker than other Gerygones, final note rather slurred.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

 
Norfolk Gerygone (Gerygone modesta) [XC466791]
     by id from Norfolk Island National Park, Australia (song)

 
Norfolk Gerygone (Gerygone modesta) [XC120905]
     by Craig Robertson from Burnt Pine Botanic Gardens, Australia (song)

Breeding Season (Guide)
October - December.

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Nest
Domed, with a side-entrance near the top, composed of fine dried grass, rootlets and moss, suspended among foliage.

Eggs (Guide)
3; white with brown and reddish spots.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fed by both parents.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Relationships uncertain. May possibly belong in the superspecies formed by Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki) and Grey Gerygone (Gerygone igata) and all were once considered (together with the extinct Lord Howe I species Lord Howe Gerygone (Gerygone insularis)) to be conspecific, but they differ significantly in plumage and song. Possibly closer to Mangrove Gerygone (Gerygone levigaster) - Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca) group. Further study is required.

Similar Species
None. The only Gerygone on Norfolk Island.

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References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


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