White-throated Gerygone
Fairy Gerygone, Weebill
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Fast Facts
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- IUCN Conservation Status
- LEAST CONCERN (LC)
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Classification
- Genus
- Gerygone
- Species
- olivacea
- Family
- Pardalotidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Class
- Aves
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- Size Range
- 10 cm to 12 cm
The White-throated Gerygone is a very small grey brown bird made distinctive with its bright yellow underparts and a white-tipped tail. The bird can be found from south-eastern Australia through Queensland and across northern Australia to the Kimberley region, Western Australia.
What do White-throated Gerygones look like?
Identification
The White-throated Gerygone is a very small grey brown bird with a white throat and spot on forehead, distinctive bright yellow underparts and a white-tipped tail. It has a red eye. Most often heard during breeding season, it is not obvious at other times.
Where do White-throated Gerygones live?
Habitat
The White-throated Gerygone is found in open eucalypt woodlands and forests and in vegetation along watercourses.
Distribution
The White-throated Gerygone ranges from south-eastern Australia through Queensland and across northern Australia to the Kimberley region, Western Australia.
What do White-throated Gerygones eat and how do they communicate?
Feeding and diet
The White-throated Gerygone feeds in trees on insects and other arthropods.
Communication
Distinctive descending trill.
What are White-throated Gerygones breeding behaviours?
Breeding Behaviour/s
The White-throated Gerygone mates for life. It builds an oval or pear shaped nest of bark bound with spiders' silk, which is hung in the outer foliage of trees.
Breeding Season: September to November; longer in north of range.
Seasonality
Partially migratory in south of range; sedentary in north.
