Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea)

Other Names (World)
Golden-bellied Gerygone, Flyeater, Golden-bellied Flyeater, Yellow-breasted Flyeater, Golden-bellied Fairy-warbler, Yellow-breasted Warbler, Yellow-breasted Gerygone, Yellow-breasted Wren-warbler

Family
Acanthizidae (Thornbills)

Size
10 - 10.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Wallace, 1864

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, mangroves.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Philippines (B), Singapore (B), Thailand (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (71)...)

Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea) [XC812273]
by Elisabeth Hein from Rear View Lake (near Santa Rosa), Laguna, Calabarzon, Philippines (song, subsong)

Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea) [XC487704]
by Muhammad Iqbal from Taman Wisata Alam Mangrove Angke Kapuk, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Possibly related to Mangrove Gerygone (Gerygone levigaster) or Plain Gerygone (Gerygone inornata).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

sulphurea Wallace, 1864 - Malay Peninsula, Cochinchina and Greater and Lesser Sundas.
muscicapa Oberholser, 1912 - Enggano I (off southern Sumatra).
simplex Cabanis, 1872 - Northern, western and central Philippines (Luzon, Lubang, Verde, Mindoro, Marinduque, Catanduanes, Tablas, Negros, Cebu, Olango, Bohol, Siquijor, Samar, Palawan).
rhizophorae Mearns, 1905 - Southern Philippines (Mindanao, Basilan, and Sulu Archipelago).
flaveola Cabanis, 1873 - Sulawesi, Salayar and Banggai Is (Peleng, Banggai).

Notes
The only member of this Australasian family to cross the Wallace's Line west into the Sunda subregion.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea) - 10 files

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