Large-billed Gerygone
UncommonGBIF 33.5·Dongniao Rarity Index9.07
英文名：Large-billed Gerygone（学名：Gerygone magnirostris），是雀形目刺嘴莺科的鸟类。10.5–11.5 厘米。粗壮的嘴；红褐色眼睛；嘴基白斑；细窄的白色眼睑；上体橄榄褐色；胸侧皮黄色；深色次端尾带具模糊白斑。单只、成对：在枝叶间攀爬、翻飞。
Large-billed Gerygone
10.5-11.5 cm. Heavy bill; red-brown eye; white spot at bill; fine white eyelids; olive-brown above; buff sides to breast; dark subterminal tail-band with faint white spots. Singles, pairs: climbs in, flutters around foliage.
- Other name
- Floodbird; Large-billed Warbler.
- Voice
- descending, lilting reel; each set of 3-4 notes flicks up at end, falls again.
- Habitat
- rainforest, paperbarks on streams; eucalypt woodlands, mangroves, gardens.
- Breeding
- Sept.-April.
- Nest
- hooded, with ragged tail (like flood debris); of grass, rootlets, leaves, plant fibre, spiders' web; hung from vine, branch over stream, swamp; often near paper wasp nest.
- Eggs
- 2-3; whitish, freckled red-brown.
- Range & Status
- coastal n. Aust., and islands, from c. Mackay (Q) to w. Kimberley (WA). Common. Sedentary. Also PNG.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Gerygone magnirostris cairnsensis 2. Gerygone magnirostris magnirostris 3. Gerygone magnirostris brunneipectus
