Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
Fairy Gerygone (Gerygone palpebrosa) - HBW 12, p. 601
French: Gérygone enchanteresse
German: Elfengerygone
Spanish: Gerigón Duende
Other common names: Fairy Warbler, Fairy/Masked/Yellow Flyeater, Masked/Yellow Gerygone; Black-headed Fairy-warbler/Flyeater, Black-headed Gerygone/Gerygone Warbler (palpebrosa); Black-throated Flyeater/Gerygone/Warbler (personata)
Taxonomy: Gerygone palbebrosa Wallace, 1865, Aru Islands.
Sometimes thought that New Guinea races represent one species and Australian personata and flavida two further species, but last two intergrade in NE Queensland (from about Cooktown S to Townsville). Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- palpebrosa Wallace, 1865 - W New Guinea (including West Papua Is) and Aru Is.
- wahnesi (A. B. Meyer, 1899) - Yapen I and N New Guinea.
- tarara Rand, 1941 - S New Guinea from R Morehead E to R Fly.
- palpebrosa Wallace, 1865 - W New Guinea (including West Papua Is) and Aru Is.
- wahnesi (A. B. Meyer, 1899) - Yapen I and N New Guinea.
- tarara Rand, 1941 - S New Guinea from R Morehead E to R Fly.
- inconspicua E. P. Ramsay, 1878 - SE New Guinea E from upper R Fly.
- personata Gould, 1866 - NE Queensland (Cape York Peninsula S to R Mitchell and Townsville area), in NE Australia.
- flavida E. P. Ramsay, 1877 - coastal C Queensland from about Cooktown S to Gin Gin.
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Adult responding to 'pishing'.
Locality Portland Roads, Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp personata)
Tom Tarrant 26 December 2008 3 years ago 4 -
Foraging
Locality Tyto Wetland, Ingham, Queensland, Australia (ssp flavida)
Lindsay Hansch 24 July 2009 1 year ago 3.4 -
Adult responding to 'pishing'.
Locality Buckley's Hole Conservation Park, Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia (ssp flavida)
Tom Tarrant 23 April 2005 3 years ago 3 -
Fairy Gerygone perched in a riverside tree
Locality Daintree river, Queensland, Australia (ssp Personata)
Rhonda Hansch 7 August 2009 20 weeks ago 2.7
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singing in undergrowth of forest edge Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(ssp inconspicua)
dreyernp 7 July 1990 2 years ago 3
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