Large-billed gerygone explained

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

Taxonomy

Gerygone magnirostris includes the following subspecies:^[1]

• 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

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

Notes and References

1. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.