Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
Dusky Gerygone (Gerygone tenebrosa) - HBW 12, p. 597
French: Gérygone blafarde
German: Braunrückengerygone
Spanish: Gerigón Sombrío
Other common names: Dusky Fairy-warbler/Flyeater, Dusky (Gerygone) Warbler
Taxonomy: Psuedogerygone tenebrosa R. Hall, 1901, Fitzroy River, north Western Australia.
Possibly a member of the “G. fusca group”. Races weakly differentiated. Proposed race whitlocki (Exmouth Gulf E to Cape Keraudren) considered synonymous with christophori. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tenebrosa (R. Hall, 1901) - coastal SW Kimberley Division of Western Australia, from Yampi Peninsula (mouth of R Trent) S to La Grange.
- christophori Mathews, 1912 - Pilbara coast from Kamersham S to N Shark Bay (CW Western Australia).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Foraging in mangroves
Locality Broome Bird Observatory, Broome, Western Australia, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 17 August 2010 1 year ago 3.8
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