Biak gerygone

The Biak gerygone (Gerygone hypoxantha) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.

Biak gerygone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Gerygone
Species:
G. hypoxantha
Binomial name
Gerygone hypoxantha
Salvadori, 1878
Synonyms

Gerygone magnirostris hypoxantha

It was previously treated as a subspecies of the large-billed gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris).[1]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss and is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.[2]

References
  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes, Australasian warblers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. "Gerygone hypoxantha (Biak Gerygone)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-02-05.


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