Gerygone olivacea

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,031 meters (0 to 16,506 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Gerygone olivacea (Gould, 1838)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Gerygone

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 31 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. albofrontata (Chatham Islands Flyeater) · G. chloronota (Green-Backed Flyeater) · G. chloronotus (Green-Backed Gerygone) · G. chloronotus chloronotus (Green-Backed Gerygone) · G. chrysogaster (Yellow-Bellied Flyeater) · G. chrysogaster chrysogaster (Yellow-Bellied Flyeater) · G. cinerea (Mountain Gerygone) · G. dorsalis (Rufous-Sided Flyeater) · G. flavolateralis (Fan-Tailed Flyeater) · G. flavolateralis flavolateralis (Fan-Tailed Flyeater) · G. fusca (White-Tailed Flyeater) · G. hypoxantha (Biak Gerygone) · G. igata (New Zealand Grey Flyeater) · G. inornata (Plain Flyeater) · G. insularis (Lord Howe Island Gerygone) · G. laevigaster (Mangrove Flyeater) · G. levigaster (Mangrove Gerygone) · G. levigaster levigaster (Mangrove Gerygone) · (Large-Billed Flyeater) · G. magnirostris magnirostris (Large-Billed Flyeater) · G. modesta (Norfolk Island Flyeater) · G. mouki (Brown Flyeater) · G. mouki mouki (Brown Flyeater) · G. olivacea (White-Throated Warbler) · G. olivacea olivacea (White-Throated Flyeater) · G. palpebrosa (Black-Headed Flyeater) · G. palpebrosa palpebrosa (Black-Headed Flyeater) · G. ruficollis (Brown-Breasted Gerygone) · G. sulphurea (Yellow-Breasted Flyeater) · G. sulphurea sulphurea (Yellow-Breasted Flyeater) · G. tenebrosa (Dusky Flyeater)

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Further Reading

• A list of the birds of Australia: containing the names and synonyms connected with each genus, species, and subspecies of birds found in Australia, at present known to the author / London: Witherby, 1913. url p. 172, p. 369.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 42, p. 43.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 123 1961 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 360.
• Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1959] url p. 259, p. 448.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 446.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 413.
• Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 24.
• The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 210.
• The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1901- url p. 212, p. 234.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Gerygone olivacea. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:

• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3679
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-560264
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2480765
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 560264
• IUCN ID: 211306
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 130258

Footnotes

1. Mean = 664.390 meters (2,179.757 feet), Standard Deviation = 855.020 based on 37,754 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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