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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Lord Howe Gerygone* |
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Gerygone insularis |
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Description (3)
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Lord Howe Gerygone
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Other Names (World)
Lord Howe Gerygone, Lord Howe Island Gerygone, Lord Howe Flyeater, Lord Howe Warbler, Lord Howe Island Flyeater, Lord Howe Island Warbler, Rainbird, Pop-goes-the-Weasel
Family
Acanthizidae (Thornbills)
Size
10 - 11 cm
First Described (Guide)
Ramsay, 1879
Derivation
Gë-ryg'-on-e - Gk, gerygone, born of sound: insularis - L., insula, an island
Habitat
Forest and secondary growth.
Australia (E) (B).
Status EX
Was an abundant species until about 1918 when a shipwreck allowed the island to be colonized by rats. It was extinct some time before 1936.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Probably insectivorous.
Voice
Said to sound like 'pop-goes-the-weasel'.
Nest
Domed, with a side entrance near the top, with a short tail and a projecting hood entrance, composed of dry soft bark, fiber, leaves, grass, moss and cobweb, lined with feathers, suspended from a twig
Eggs (Guide)
3; almost without gloss, white, faintly tinged with pale pink and liberally freckled with reddish brown, mostly at the large end; pointed oval; 18 x 14 mm.
Young
Probably altricial, nidicolous.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Grey Gerygone (Gerygone igata) which has a shorter and thicker bill.
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
Files:
BirdLife International
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