Brown Gerygone
OccasionalGBIF 15.1·Dongniao Rarity Index8.78
英文名：Brown Gerygone（学名：Gerygone mouki），是雀形目细嘴莺科噪刺莺属的鸟类。曾称作褐林莺，小型的雀形目鸟类，原生于澳大利亚东部沿海地区。其上部羽毛呈深橄榄灰至橄榄褐色，面部和下体颜色较淡，为灰色、奶油色或淡褐色。尾羽深色，部分可能带白色尖端，体长约10厘米。在澳大利亚东部的雨林中广泛分布，常见于沿海雨林，有时也会出现在红树林和干燥硬叶林。
Brown Gerygone
9-11 cm. Widespread se. race richmondi: long grey-white eyebrow, pale grey face/breast; buff-washed flanks; eye red-brown. Nominate race (ne. Q): browner, foreneck buffer. Pairs, parties: incessantly active, vocal; flutters around foliage high to low; snaps flying insects, shows broad blackish subterminal tail-band, with large white spots near tips.
- Other name
- Brown Warbler.
- Voice
- atypical: brisk, incessant 'which-is-it'; 'diddle-it-did-it'.
- Habitat
- wet coastal/mountain rainforests, vegetated gullies, mangroves; drier woodland in winter.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Feb.
- Nest
- hooded, with tapering tail; of rootlets, bark-fibre, spiders' web, moss, lichens; suspended from low twig, vine.
- Eggs
- 3; whitish, speckled red-brown.
- Range & Status
- coastal e. Aust., from Morwell NP (Vic.) to near Cooktown (Q); n. from Tully (Q) above c. 250 m.; also Canberra (ACT), Sydney Bot. Gardens (NSW). Common. Sedentary.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Gerygone mouki mouki 2. Gerygone mouki amalia 3. Gerygone mouki richmondi
