Biak gerygone
| Biak gerygone | |
|---|---|
| Not recognized (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acanthizidae |
| Genus: | Gerygone |
| Species: | G. magnirostris |
| Subspecies: | G. m. hypoxantha |
| Trinomial name | |
| Gerygone magnirostris hypoxantha Salvadori, 1878 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Gerygone hypoxantha | |
The Biak gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris hypoxantha) is a subspecies of the large-billed gerygone, but it is sometimes considered a distinct species. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss; when it was still considered a good species, it was listed as Endangered by the IUCN.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ E.g. Baillie et al. (2004).
References
- Baillie, J.E.M.; Hilton-Taylor, C. & Stuart, S.N. (eds.) (2004): 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. A Global Species Assessment. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ISBN 2-8317-0826-5
- BirdLife International (2004). Gerygone hypoxantha. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 26 July 2007.
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