Grey Gerygone (Gerygone igata)

Other Names (World)
Grey Gerygone, Gray Gerygone, Grey Warbler, Gray Warbler, New Zealand Gerygone, New Zealand Grey Gerygone, New Zealand Gray Gerygone, New Zealand Fairy-warbler, Riroriro

Family
Acanthizidae (Thornbills)

Size
10 - 11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

Habitat
Native and exotic forests.

Range (Guide)

New Zealand (B).

Forests of New Zealand, including Stewart I and adjacent offshore islands.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Spiders, insects, insect larvae.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Grey Gerygone (Gerygone igata) [XC428803]
by Ines Moran from Ulva Island, New Zealand (call)

Grey Gerygone (Gerygone igata) [XC152933]
by Rob van Bemmelen from Whangaparaoa, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (song)

Nest
Pear-shaped with a side entrance near the top, composed of grass, leaves, rootlets and moss, bound together by spiders web, lined with feathers and other soft material, located in a tree or bush 1 - 8 m above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
3 - 6; pinkish-white with fine reddish-bown speckles; ellipsoidal; 17 x 12 mm. Incubation: about 19 days.

Young
Fledge in about 15 - 19 days.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki), possibly including also Chatham Gerygone (Gerygone albofrontata) and, perhaps, Norfolk Island Gerygone (Gerygone modesta). With the exception of Chatham Gerygone (Gerygone albofrontata), these 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.

References
See References.

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