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Species
Gerygone palpebrosa Wallace, 1865
Nomenclature
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Family: AcanthizidaeGenus: Gerygone
SUMMARY
Medium-small gerygone with distinctive male plumages. Male nominate race has forehead, side of head and throat to upper breast black, crown and nape olive, prominent white loral spot and conspicuous white malar patch; upperwing and tail browner; underparts yellow; iris bright red of orange-red; bill black; legs slate-grey to black. Female lacks dark head markings, has pale eyering, white throat and yellow breast. Juvenile is like female but with entirely yellow undetaits, dark brownish iris and paler brownish bill. Races differ mainly in darkness of head and breast coloration of male: wahnesi has crown, nape and side of head black; inconspicua is like previous, but has crown and nape olive, upperparts duller and darker than in nominate; tarara like previous, but has black areas of head to upper breast tinged brownish; personata has crown and side of head dark olive, clear dusky or blackish bib; flavida is distinctive, male more like female, lacks dark head pattern, has fainter facial markings, greyish-yellow to pale yellow throat, upperparts brighter than previous.