Large-billed gerygone

Large-billed gerygone
Scientific classification
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 Acanthizidae family. The Biak gerygone, formerly considered a distinct species, is now placed herein as a subspecies (Gerygone magnirostris hypoxantha).

References

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


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