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Mangrove Gerygone

(Gerygone levigaster)
Alternate name(s): "Buff-breasted Warbler", "Mangrove Flyeater", "Mangrove Warbler"; misnomer: "Queensland Canary"
Size: 10-11 cm
Weight: 5-8 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Mangrove Gerygone at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "levigaster"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Casuarina Coastal Reserve, Darwin, NT, March 2013]

Frontal view of a Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Near Dripstone Cliffs, Darwin, NT, December 2017]

Near-lateral/ventral view of a Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[East Point Reserve, Darwin, NT, September 2018]

Near-lateral/ventral view of a preening Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[East Point Reserve, Darwin, NT, September 2018]

Lateral view of a Mangrove Gerygone; this is the bird whose calls were recorded on 25 September 2019
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Buffalo Creek, Darwin, NT, September 2019]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Frontal view of a juvenile Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Buffalo Creek, Darwin, NT, October 2020]

Near-frontal view of a juvenile Mangrove Gerygone; note the yellow supercilium and orange base of the bill
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Buffalo Creek, Darwin, NT, October 2020]

Near-frontal view of a juvenile Mangrove Gerygone; note the yellow supercilium and orange base of the bill
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Buffalo Creek, Darwin, NT, October 2020]

Race "cantator"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of B. Kinross)
[Beachmere, QLD, March 2015]

Frontal/ventral view of a Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Paluma Rainforest, near Townsville, QLD, September 2020]

Near-lateral view of a Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of B. Kinross)
[Beachmere, QLD, March 2015]

Close-up lateral view of a Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Arundel, QLD, November 2020]

Lateral view of a Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of B. Kinross)
[Beachmere, QLD, March 2015]

Lateral view of a Mangrove Gerygone looking away from the observer (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Wynnum Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, August 2017]

Near-dorsal view of a Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Casuarina Coastal Reserve, Darwin, NT, March 2013]

Dorsal view of a Mangrove Gerygone (photo courtesy of B. Kinross)
[Beachmere, QLD, March 2015]

Behaviour

Social behaviour: Territorial Mobility: Sedentary Elementary unit: Solitary/pair

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

mangery_pb_20190925.m4a levigaster
(Top End, NT)
Territorial calls(?) © PB
mangery_pb_20180831.m4a levigaster
(Top End, NT)
Territorial call(?) © PB
mangery_pb_20200415.m4a levigaster
(Darwin, NT)
Territorial calls(?); distant © PB
 
mangery_art_20140603.m4a cantator
(SE QLD)
Territorial calls © ART
mangery_20150813.m4a cantator
(E NSW)
Territorial call? © MD
mangery_20140523.mp3 cantator
(SE QLD)
Territorial call? (abbreviated) © MD
mangery_art_20140306_2.mp3 cantator
(SE QLD)
Pair Q&A © ART
mangery_20160921.m4a cantator
(NE NSW)
? © MD
mangery_20150327.m4a cantator
(NE NSW)
? (immature?) © MD
mangery_20150327_2.m4a cantator
(NE NSW)
? (immature?) © MD
mangery_20161208.mp3 cantator
(E NSW)
? © MD

More Mangrove Gerygone sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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