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Green-backed Gerygone
Gerygone chloronotaGould, 1843
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Acanthizidae
- Genus
- Gerygone
At a glance
The Green-backed Gerygone is a tiny bird, about 10–11 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 10–11 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Green-backed Gerygone look like?
The Green-backed Gerygone is a tiny bird, about 10–11 cm long and weighing 5–10 g.
The green-backed gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae found in northern Australia and New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Green-backed Gerygone?
The Green-backed Gerygone is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
Thomas Mesaglio · Tjaetaba Falls trail, Litchfield NP, Northern Territory
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Green-backed Gerygone eat?
The Green-backed Gerygone feeds on terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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