Wednesday, April 4, 2012

>Gerygone palpebrosa (Fairy Gerygone)

Fairy Gerygone

Fairy Gerygone
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Acanthizidae
Genus:Gerygone
Species:G. palpebrosa
Binomial name
Gerygone palpebrosa
Wallace, 1865
Synonyms
  • Pseudogerygone palpebrosa
The Fairy Gerygone (Gerygone palpebrosa) is a species of bird in the Acanthizidae family.

Male (above, and female (below)

Distribution and habitat

It is found in AustraliaIndonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

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