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Species
Gerygone cinerea Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Nomenclature
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Family: AcanthizidaeGenus: Gerygone
Species:
Gerygone cinerea Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Grey Gerygone, Grey Fairy-warbler, Grey Flyeater,
Grey Gerygone, Grey (Gerygone) Warbler, Mountain Warbler,
Pacific Grey Gerygone (Warbler)
SUMMARY
A small grey-and-white gerygone. Plumage is ashy grey above, slightly browner on upperwing and tail; tail has indistinct blackish subterminal band; clean white below, faingt grey wash on chest and flanks; iris dark brown; bill dark greyish; legs grey. Distinguished from G. ruficillis by being much greyer above and whiter below, and lacking white tail spots. Sexes alike. Juvenile is much as adult, but base of lower mandible yellow.