White-throated Gerygone

Scientific name: Gerygone olivacea
Similar species:
Fairy Gerygone, Weebill
  • Updated
    25/07/24
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Fast Facts

  • IUCN Conservation Status
    LEAST CONCERN (LC)
  • Classification
    Genus
    Gerygone
    Species
    olivacea
    Family
    Pardalotidae
    Order
    Passeriformes
    Class
    Aves
  • Size Range
    10 cm to 12 cm

The White-throated Gerygone is a very small grey brown bird made distinctive with its bright yellow underparts and a white-tipped tail. The bird can be found from south-eastern Australia through Queensland and across northern Australia to the Kimberley region, Western Australia.

What do White-throated Gerygones look like?

Identification

The White-throated Gerygone is a very small grey brown bird with a white throat and spot on forehead, distinctive bright yellow underparts and a white-tipped tail. It has a red eye. Most often heard during breeding season, it is not obvious at other times.

Where do White-throated Gerygones live?

Habitat

The White-throated Gerygone is found in open eucalypt woodlands and forests and in vegetation along watercourses.

Distribution

The White-throated Gerygone ranges from south-eastern Australia through Queensland and across northern Australia to the Kimberley region, Western Australia.

Distribution data sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia

What do White-throated Gerygones eat and how do they communicate?

Feeding and diet

The White-throated Gerygone feeds in trees on insects and other arthropods.

Communication

Distinctive descending trill.

What are White-throated Gerygones breeding behaviours?

Breeding Behaviour/s

The White-throated Gerygone mates for life. It builds an oval or pear shaped nest of bark bound with spiders' silk, which is hung in the outer foliage of trees.

Breeding Season: September to November; longer in north of range.

Seasonality

Partially migratory in south of range; sedentary in north.

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