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 LC    Fan-tailed Gerygone* Id (Atlas):
    Gerygone flavolateralis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Fan-tailed Gerygone, Fan-tailed Warbler, Fantail Gerygone, Fantail Warbler, Fan-tailed Fairy-warbler, Fan-tailed Flyeater, Yellow-sided Warbler

Family
Acanthizidae (Thornbills)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1859)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland. Also, heavily degraded former forest, rural gardens.

Range (Guide)
New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.

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.

Voice
A trisyllabic soft twitter 'twee-wee-heet', repeated frequently and incessantly throughout the day.

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

 
Fan-tailed Gerygone (Gerygone flavolateralis) [XC40180]
     by id from Parc Provincial de La Riviere bleue, New Caledonia, France (song)

 
Fan-tailed Gerygone (Gerygone flavolateralis) [XC40096]
     by Patrik \u00c5berg from Les Grandes Fongeres, Farino, New Caledonia, France (song)

Subspecies
Probably forms a species group with Mangrove Gerygone (Gerygone levigaster) and Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • citrina Mayr, 1931   -  Rennell, in south-eastern Solomons. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Rennell Gerygone (Gerygone citrina).
  • correiae Mayr, 1931   -  Banks Is and northern Vanuatu.
  • rouxi (Sarasin, 1913)   -  Ouvea, in northern Loyalty Is.
  • lifuensis (Sarasin, 1913)   -  Lifou, in central Loyalty Is.
  • flavolateralis (Gray, 1859)   -  New Caledonia and southern Loyalty Is (Mare).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Fan-tailed Gerygone (Gerygone flavolateralis) - 10 files


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