Gerygone cinerea
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.
Not Threatened
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.
9 cm
Taxonomy: Gerygone? cinerea Salvadori, 1876, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop, New Guinea. Monotypic. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
- Vogelkop (Arfak Mts) and C, E & SE mountain ranges of New Guinea.
Upper montane forest and forest edge, mostly from 2000 m to tree-line, at c. 2800 m; sometimes descends to 1600 m and, rarely, as low as 1000m.
Insectivorous, but no details known. Frequently found in small parties of 2 – 10 individuals with scrubwrens (Sericornis) and Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata). Feeds actively in middle stratum to canopy, gleaning from leaves, twigs and branches; frequently hovers and sallies to grab insects, and may descend quite low along forest edge at times. Occupies similar niche to that exploited by Acanthiza murina, with which sometimes overlaps, but generally sound at lower altitude than that species.
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