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Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris Scientific name definitions

Phil Gregory and Eduardo de Juana
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 7, 2014

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Introduction

This account summarizes the life history of the Large-billed Gerygone, including information relating to its identification, systematics, distribution, habitat, diet, vocalizations, breeding ecology, and conservation status.

Subspecies


SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris conspicillata Scientific name definitions

Distribution

NW New Guinea (Vogelkop region).

SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris affinis Scientific name definitions

Distribution

N New Guinea (including islands of Yapen, Manam and Karkar).

SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris mimikae Scientific name definitions

Distribution

S New Guinea (Onin Peninsula to Port Moresby area)

SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris brunneipectus Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Aru Is. (New Guinea); Saibai and Boigu Is. (Torres Strait)

SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris cobana Scientific name definitions

Distribution

West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati).

SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris occasa Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Kofiau I (WC West Papuan Is).

SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris proxima Scientific name definitions

Distribution

D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Goodenough I, Fergusson I), off SE New Guinea.

SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris onerosa Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Misima I (Louisiade Archipelago), SE of D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago.

SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris tagulana Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Tagula I (Louisiade Archipelago).

SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris rosseliana Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Rossel I (Louisiade Archipelago).

SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris magnirostris Scientific name definitions

Distribution

coasts of N Western Australia (Napier-Broome Bay S to Collier Bay) and N Northern Territory (S to Daly R and Roper R), including Tiwi Is and Groote Eylandt.

SUBSPECIES

Gerygone magnirostris cairnsensis Scientific name definitions

Distribution

islands of S Torres Strait, and NE Australia (Cape York Peninsula S to Mitchell drainage in W and to Mackay in E).
Distribution of the Large-billed Gerygone - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Large-billed Gerygone

Recommended Citation

Gregory, P. and E. de Juana (2020). Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.labger1.01
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