Large-billed Gerygone
Gerygone magnirostris· 刺嘴莺科(1 photos)
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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
