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White-throated gerygone

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White-throated gerygone
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Acanthizidae
Genus:
Gerygone
Species:
G. olivacea
Binomial name
Gerygone olivacea
(Gould, 1838)

The white-throated gerygone (Gerygone olivacea) is a species of bird in the Acanthizidae family. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Its common names include white-throated warbler, white-throated flyeater, bush canary, and native canary.[2]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds. Reader's Digest, Sydney, 1979. ISBN 0-909486-50-6
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  • Gerygones Nesting in Bougainvillea, rural New South Wales garden
  • Fig 1. The bird(s) wound sticky threads around a Bougainvillea stem. These threads appeared to be spider web.
    Fig 1. The bird(s) wound sticky threads around a Bougainvillea stem.
    These threads appeared to be spider web.
  • Fig 2. The nest was located in among the Bougainvillea foliage. Both sexes seemed to help build it.
    Fig 2. The nest was located in among the Bougainvillea foliage.
    Both sexes seemed to help build it.
  • Fig 3. Other material was then stuck to the sticky foundation. The birds did not work on the nest every day.
    Fig 3. Other material was then stuck to the sticky foundation.
    The birds did not work on the nest every day.
  • Fig 4. The weight of the nesting material and the gerygones gradually bent the branch vertical.
    Fig 4. The weight of the nesting material and the gerygones
    gradually bent the branch vertical.
  • Fig 5. The nest took several weeks to build. It was made from strips of bark, twigs, animal fur, and manufactured fibres.
    Fig 5. The nest took several weeks to build.
    It was made from strips of bark, twigs,
    animal fur, and manufactured fibres.
  • Fig 6. This view shows the circular entry to the nest.
    Fig 6. This view shows the circular entry to the nest.
  • Fig 7. This view shows the rear of the nest.
    Fig 7. This view shows the rear of the nest.
  • Fig 8. The gerygones abandoned the nest soon after completion. It may have been a decoy nest.
    Fig 8. The gerygones abandoned the nest soon after completion.
    It may have been a decoy nest.


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