Species profile
Brown-breasted Gerygone
Gerygone ruficollis
Quick answer
Confinedȱtoȱelevationsȱaboveȱ 1,590 ȱm, ȱandȱeasilyȱlocatedȱbyȱitsȱunmistakableȱlongȱsong, ȱbutȱ surprisinglyȱuncommon. ȱTheȱfirstȱrecordȱforȱtheȱAdelberts.
- Scientific name
- Gerygone ruficollis
- Family
- Acanthizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Gerygone
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Brown-breasted Gerygone in your journal
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Related species in Acanthizidae
- Ashy Gerygone (Gerygone cinerea)
- Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)
- Banded Whiteface (Aphelocephala nigricincta)
- Biak Gerygone (Gerygone hypoxantha)
- Bicolored Mouse Warbler (Crateroscelis nigrorufa)
- Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki)
- Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
- Buff-faced Scrubwren (Sericornis perspicillatus)