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Western GerygoneAlternate name(s): "White-tailed Warbler", "White-tailed Flyeater", "Western Warbler", "Western Flyeater", "Inland Warbler", "Fuscous Warbler", "Fuscous Flyeater", "Sleepy Dick" ![]() Size: 10-11 cm Weight: 5-7 g |
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Photos |
Race "fusca"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Lateral view of a Western Gerygone in flight, approaching a
casuarina
tree (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Bells Rapids, Swan River, near Perth, WA, June 2015]
Race "exsul"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Frontal view of a Western Gerygone
[Eulah Creek, NSW, August 2010]
Different frontal view of a Western Gerygone; note the characteristic
red eyes and thin white eyebrow
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2013]
Close-up near-frontal view of a Western Gerygone
[Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2022]
Close-up near-frontal view of a Western Gerygone
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Roma Bush Gardens, Roma, QLD, August 2022]
Near-frontal view of a Western Gerygone
[Eulah Creek, NSW, August 2018]
Close-up near-lateral view of a Western Gerygone
[Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2022]
Lateral view of a Western Gerygone
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2013]
Different lateral view of a Western Gerygone
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, August 2013]
Lateral view of a Western Gerygone at full stretch,
trying to reach an insect
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, October 2013]
Lateral view of a Western Gerygone
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Roma Bush Gardens, Roma, QLD, August 2022]
Near-dorsal/ventral view of a Western Gerygone
[Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2015]
Dorsal view of a Western Gerygone
[Eulah Creek, NSW, August 2018]
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Breeding information |
Breeding season: Oct - Jan | Eggs: 2 - 3 | Incubation period: 12 - 14 days | Fledging age: 13 - 15(?) days |
Nest building: Female & male | Incubation: Female & male | Dependent care: Female & male |
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Nest |
"bungobittah", "lar", "malunna", "jindi" [bundjalung] = nest [Aboriginal] |
Type: Domed hanging bottle | Material: Grass stems, bark strips, webs | Height above ground: 2 - 10 m |
Click HERE to see a Western Gerygone feeding its chick and keeping the nest clean.
Western Gerygone chick at the entrance of its nest
(photo courtesy of
V. Collins)
[Merriwindi SCA, near Kenebri, NSW, January 2021]
Western Gerygone chick at the entrance of its nest
(photo courtesy of
V. Collins)
[Merriwindi SCA, near Kenebri, NSW, January 2021]
Western Gerygone nest hidden in a Cypress pine tree
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, October 2013]
Western Gerygone working on its nest, which is in an advanced
stage of construction
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, October 2013]
Western Gerygone sitting on its nest
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, November 2013]
Western Gerygone peeking out of its nest (photo courtesy of D. Johnston)
[Near Baradine, NSW, 1980ies]
Western Gerygone sitting on its nest
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, November 2019]
Western Gerygone sitting on its nest
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, November 2019]
Western Gerygone nest in a Cypress pine tree
[Near Bugilbone, NSW, November 2017]
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Eggs |
"boyanga", "booyanga", "derinya", "dirandil", "koomura", "mirk", "ngampu", "nooluk", "pateena", "pum-pum" = Egg; "dirundirri" = eggs [Aboriginal]; "gawu" = eggs [gamilaraay] |
Size: 18 x 14 mm | Colour: Creamy, with light-brown speckles | Shape: Tapered oval |
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Behaviour |
Social behaviour: Territorial | Mobility: Sedentary | Elementary unit: Solitary/pair |
We have seen Western Gerygones hunting for insects in various kinds of rough-barked trees, such as Acacia salicina, Acacia cambagei and Cypress pine.
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Food, Diet |
Western Gerygones prey on small insects that they take from leaves.
Lateral view of a Western Gerygone hunting for insects in an
Acacia salicina tree
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2013]
Lateral view of a Western Gerygone hunting for insects (aphids?) in a
Cypress pine tree
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, August 2013]
Lateral view of a Western Gerygone hunting for insects (aphids?) in a
Cypress pine tree,
trying to upright itself again
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, August 2013]
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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.
wstgery_20220918.mp3 |
exsul (NW NSW) |
Territorial call (with long lead-up) | © MD | |
wstgery_20220918_2.mp3 |
exsul (NW NSW) |
Territorial call | © MD | |
wstgery_20191027.m4a |
exsul (NW NSW) |
Territorial call | © MD | |
wstgery_20150813.mp3 |
exsul (NW NSW) |
Territorial call | © MD | |
wstgery_20160817.mp3 |
exsul (NW NSW) |
Territorial call | © MD | |
wstgery_20151107_2.mp3 |
exsul (NW NSW) |
Feeding calls? | © MD | |
wstgery_20210116.m4a |
exsul (NW NSW) |
Nestling begging + parents' response + feeding | © MD | |
wstgery_20210312.m4a |
exsul (NW NSW) |
Immature practising | © MD | |
wstgery_20150808.mp3 |
exsul (NW NSW) |
? | © MD | |
wstgery_20141023.mp3 |
exsul (NW NSW) |
? (Immature?) | © MD |
More Western Gerygone sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.