Animalia Life
Gerygone levigaster
SUBFAMILY
Acanthizinae
TAXONOMY
Gerygone levigaster Gould, 1843, Port Essington, Northern
Territory, Australia.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Mangrove warbler, buff-breasted warbler; French:
Gйrygone des mangroves; German: Mangrove-Gerygone;
Spanish: Ratona Hada de los Mangles.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
4 in (10–11 cm); 0.25 oz (7 g). A tiny bird with a brown back,
white underparts, and a white brow.
DISTRIBUTION
Coasts of northern and eastern Australia south to Newcastle.
Also small area in southeastern New Guinea.
HABITAT
Mangroves and neighboring vegetation, sometimes rainforests
and gardens.
BEHAVIOR
Active and fairly tame. May be migratory at southern part of
range. Attractive, whistling song and soft chattering notes.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Gleans, snatches, and hovers at outer foliage of mangroves and
other trees for insects.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Breeds from September to April. Oval nest is suspended from
foliage of mangroves and has a hooded side entrance. Two or
three pinkish, speckled eggs.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.