>Gerygone magnirostris hypoxantha (Biak Gerygone)

Biak Gerygone

Biak Gerygone
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Gerygone
Species:	G. magnirostris
Subspecies:	G. m. hypoxantha
Trinomial name
Gerygone magnirostris hypoxantha Salvadori, 1878
Synonyms
Gerygone hypoxantha

The Biak Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris hypoxantha) is a subspecies of the Large-billed Gerygone, but it is sometimes considered a distinct species. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moistshrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss; when it was still considered a good species, it was listed as Endangered by the IUCN^[1]