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Large-billed gerygone

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Large-billed gerygone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Gerygone
Species:
G. magnirostris
Binomial name
Gerygone magnirostris
Gould, 1843

The large-billed gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae found in northern Australia and New Guinea.

Taxonomy

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Gerygone magnirostris includes the following subspecies:[2]

  • G. m. conspicillata - (Gray, GR, 1859)
  • G. m. affinis - Meyer, AB, 1874
  • G. m. rosseliana - Hartert, 1899
  • G. m. brunneipectus - (Sharpe, 1879)
  • G. m. magnirostris - Gould, 1843
  • G. m. cairnsensis - Mathews, 1912

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Gerygone magnirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22704692A130385494. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704692A130385494.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.

Venables B., Pritchard J. and Murphy S. (2007) Novel observations of pre-breeding display structures used by Large-billed Gerygones. Sunbird 37: 30.